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    libffmpeg.so needs to be changed every installation

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    • hydroper
      hydroper last edited by

      Whenever I install Opera on Linux I've to replace the libffmpeg.so file by the Chromium's libffmpeg.so. I wish they fixed that file.

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      • leocg
        leocg Moderator Volunteer @hydroper last edited by

        @hydroper See https://forums.opera.com/post/150324

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        • hydroper
          hydroper @leocg last edited by

          @leocg I see, so sad 😞

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          • 9Dragons
            9Dragons last edited by

            Its utterly ridiculous that I cant watch Netflix unless I jump through several hoops.

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            • leifjoha
              leifjoha @leocg last edited by

              @leocg Not solved 2018!! and not solved 2025 - still the same problem. Now "Make Opera great also for video" in the world of Open Source where Firefox, Cromium, VTL and others can do it.

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              • leocg
                leocg Moderator Volunteer @leifjoha last edited by

                @leifjoha The legal questions remain.

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                • jhonndee
                  jhonndee last edited by

                  You're right—Opera for Linux doesn’t bundle the full libffmpeg .so due to licensing issues. A practical fix is to symlink or copy the full version of libffmpeg .so (from Chromium or chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra) into Opera’s lib directory after each update. To automate it, you can write a simple shell script and add it to a post-install hook or run it manually after updates. This avoids doing it manually every time.

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                  • leifjoha
                    leifjoha @jhonndee last edited by

                    @jhonndee I have made a bash script for copy a full libffmpeg.so.
                    But I take libffmpeg.so from https://github.com/nwjs-ffmpeg-prebuilt/nwjs-ffmpeg-prebuilt/releases/. I have no Chromium/Crome on my PC. But I can't understand that Opera not can solved the legal problem, when Firefox to Linux and Crome to Linux can.

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                    • leifjoha
                      leifjoha @leifjoha last edited by

                      @leifjoha and I have just tried install Brave - Brave show my video with full codex.

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                      • javickers
                        javickers last edited by javickers

                        This no longer works 😞

                        I've been doing the "Use Chromium's libffmpeg.so" "trick" for several years; but after the last 2-3 updates (or so), if I copy across Chromium's version, Opera just crashes whenever it tries to play ANY video - even ones it is capable of by itself.

                        Looking for a new solution now 😞

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                        • javickers
                          javickers @javickers last edited by leocg

                          Update: The libffmpeg.so that comes with Slack seem to work.

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                          • burnout426
                            burnout426 Volunteer @javickers last edited by

                            @javickers Doing a little digging, it seems like the libffmpeg.so that comes with the Slack deb package is from the chromium-ffmpeg snap package.

                            Also see https://www.reddit.com/r/operabrowser/wiki/opera/linux_libffmpeg_config/ for ways to find a compatible libffmpeg.so in the future if needed.

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                            • SmokDiplodok
                              SmokDiplodok @javickers last edited by

                              @javickers There's no need to do any Google tricks.
                              Just download the file for Linux from this page
                              https://github.com/nwjs-ffmpeg-prebuilt/nwjs-ffmpeg-prebuilt
                              and upload it here
                              /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/

                              I need the 64-bit file, so I downloaded this one 0.101.2-linux-x64.zip

                              At least for Linux Mint 22.1. Then restart Opera.

                              This always works for me, and I do it every time I update Opera. It's a pain, unfortunately. Opera is a rather odd browser; it has some good points and a few annoying ones.

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