Can't play videos after update

[sgunhouse]

sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer @presager last edited by

@presager Opera does not automatically update your version of libffmeg.so nor chromium codecs, you will need to do that yourself.

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presager @sgunhouse last edited by

@sgunhouse Doesn't work. I had to go to another site to get directions to where to get the UPdated file and how to install it. This did not work. It still crashes when a video tries to pllay. This is not a good answer especially since you omitted directions.

[presager]

presager @sgunhouse last edited by

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videos still not working

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @presager last edited by

@presager There are several topics and posts about it already, with various solutions for getting media to play on Opera for Linux.

You can check https://www.reddit.com/r/operabrowser/wiki/opera/linux_libffmpeg_config for some instructions

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presager @leocg last edited by

@leocg I've tried them all including this:
/home/huber/fix-opera-linux-ffmpeg-widevine script

And I've already tried everything on that page Nice try, bye now

[gloewa]

gloewa @leocg last edited by

@leocg It is the job of the opera-crew to fix this bug. Not users job!
A browser who doesn't play videos is useless.

Opera User since Version 3.x

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @gloewa last edited by

@gloewa What bug?

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gloewa @leocg last edited by gloewa

@leocg previous versions of opera could play videos, current version not => bug.
If it is a "feature", it is time to switch to vivaldi.

Opera User since Version 3.x

[gloewa]

gloewa @sgunhouse last edited by

@sgunhouse "... you will need to do that yourself" ..... or you switch to another browser, who is able to play videos from the scratch.

Opera User since Version 3.x

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gloewa @leocg last edited by

@leocg lol the user has to fix it? not the opera-crew? seriously?
Why are ALL other browsers able to play videos from the scatch?

Opera User since Version 3.x

[presager]

presager @gloewa last edited by

@gloewa My thinking exactly. But even the fixes don't work. I have never had to do this with opera nor any other browser. I did download a Linux .deb version of Opera and got rid of the system version and it acts a little better.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @gloewa last edited by

@gloewa And videos don't play even after have updated the libffmeg.so file to one compatible with the Chromium version?

Video works on the Snap version?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @gloewa last edited by

@gloewa Unfortunately, yes, since Opera can't do much due to legal restrictions.

Don't know how other browsers can play videos that use proprietary codecs on Linux. Maybe they managed to get a license or, maybe, they find a way to legally give to their users the libraries needed to play those videos.

[alexs]

alexs last edited by

Well, the special libffmpeg.so version is licensed under a license, and neither Opera nor Vivaldi pays for it, so they are not allowed to include this special libffmpeg.so with the installation.

But... Vivaldi has a very clever Linux programmer (Ruarí Ødegaard, former Opera employee), which is why the Vivaldi browser installation package contains a script called update-ffmpeg [1]. This script searches for the Vivaldi version, downloads the appropriate libffmpeg.so version, and copies it to /var/opt/vivaldi/media-codecs-xx.x/libffmpeg.so
Videos then work without any problems in Vivaldi.

Why doesn't this work with Opera? Perhaps it's because Opera doesn't have any programmers working on Linux, after all, there are many problems that only exist on Linux-based systems: Videos don't work, the Opera browser ignores the language of the operating system (only English), the browser does not remember the last window position.

About the videos that don't work for me (Debian/sid, Opera One: 122.0.5643.17):
I installed Vivaldi Stable and copied their working libffmpeg.so from /var/opt/vivaldi/media-codecs-120726/libffmpeg.so to /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/lib_extra/libffmpeg.so.
Alternatively, you can also use the current Snap version [2] of chromium-ffmpeg.

mkdir -p /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/lib_extra
copy /var/opt/vivaldi/media-codecs-120726/libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/lib_extra/libffmpeg.so

[1] https://pastebin.com/DYJZTkf1
[2] https://api.snapcraft.io/api/v1/snaps/download/XXzVIXswXKHqlUATPqGCj2w2l7BxosS8_82.snap

[presager]

presager @leocg last edited by

@leocg it's a .deb version that is standalone. I found it on Opera website and didn't integrate it iinto Linux Mint. Most of the videos are playing on this version so far. I also checked other system software and tried Opera Flatpak with no extensions, but it still didn't work.

[presager]

presager @leocg last edited by

@leocg I tried Chrome version and the standalone libffmpeg.so. Could not get the Flatpak version to play videos at all.

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presager last edited by

Thank you. This is Very helpful.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @alexs last edited by

@alexs Or, most probably, Opera thinks that even offering a script like that may have legal consequences.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @presager last edited by

@presager I asked about the Snap version because the Snap package usually includes the libraries necessary to play videos.

[alexs]

alexs @leocg last edited by

@leocg said in Can't play videos after update:

Or, most probably, Opera thinks that even offering a script like that may have legal consequences.

Now, it is mentioned here that Opera cannot make the library available for legal reasons.[1]
However, that does not mean that you are allowed to download it from a third-party source after installation in order to use it later. And that is exactly what the script does. An official statement from Opera would be more than helpful to explain why Opera users on Linux have to make the browser functional themselves, which is ridiculous.

[1] https://forums.opera.com/post/150324
[2] FFmpeg License and Legal Considerations