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I followed these instructions over a year ago and I've had no problem with video playback because of the codec issue. Each Opera update maintains the proper codec with this script installed.
https://github.com/Ld-Hagen/fix-opera-linux-ffmpeg-widevine/
@clafix said in The Videos Don't Play Topic:
I had same issue. I changed just one flag:
opera://flags/#use-angle - from value "Default" to value "OpenGL".
And it helped me, now h.264 video playing correctly!
Test video: http://demo.nimius.net/video_test/
Opera v81.0.4196.60 stable.
I'm using the same Opera version but I can't find the #use-angle flag.
@burnout426 I uploaded a screencast of how OneTab behaves with Chromium, then Brave, then Opera.
It's slightly over 2 minutes.
@burnout426 ok we got a fix, at least temporarily.
I disabled the "new tabs right to parent" option about 3 weeks ago which by itself was no help leading up to fix #2.
I then added the "classic tabs" add on and that has fixed the issue. All new tabs when clicking a OneTab link always open to the far right now in similar fashion to Chromium and Brave.
Thank you @burnout426
You're welcome.
For future reference, it's actually better to install through terminal while also getting the Opera key and adding it to the repos.
Unless you choose to go with flatpak or snap.
I have used Method 2 on this webpage. The only exception is I don't launch Opera through the terminal. It will be populated in your menu once install is complete if using Ubuntu base system.
https://vitux.com/ubuntu_opera_browser/
Also doing this to correct any ffmpeg issues for playing h.264 website videos has worked well for me.
https://github.com/Ld-Hagen/fix-opera-linux-ffmpeg-widevine/
@neoh4x0r said in Page crashed after last update to Version:82.0.4227.33:
It looks like the github project (https://github.com/Ld-Hagen/fix-opera-linux-ffmpeg-widevine/) provides pre-built binaries (that the project has compiled directly from the chromium src).
Using pre-built binaries will be hit-and-miss due to required depedencies or a version of libc that is not installed or not available.
I actually build the library from the chromium src (on one Debian/Buster system it works, but on another one it crashes).
When the page crashes (on that one system) reinstalling opera (and using the shipped version of libffmpeg) the crash does not happen.
So, while it works for some -- it will not work for all (since it will depend largely on the individual system).
Thanks for the update. I'm one of the fortunate ones it seems.
@locutus said in Opera won't stay minimized:
I am running Manjaro KDE 21.2.1 with Opera 82.0.4227.43 and I just clicked on the minimize button on the tabbar and it minimized and instantly maximized again without me touching the maximize button or clicking on Opera's icon in my Plasma panel. I had Vivaldi open for something else and decided to test it and when I clicked minimize it minimized to the panel and stayed there. I then went back to Opera and opened a private window to test with that and the private window itself not the OS or desktop started flickering. I ended up having to right it's panel icon to close the private window. I'm going to do a reboot to see if that might solve the issue, but if anyone has any thoughts on what might be going on I really appreciate the feedback and help. Thanks
Please refer to this thread that was started about a month ago:
https://forums.opera.com/topic/53015/opera-failing-to-minimize
@chienetfou said in Does not stay maximized:
@ethannishimura
Couldn't find that file in my system files. Everything went fine until opera.desktop . All I found was the icon shortcut.
It will show an icon if you're not going to the applications folder with elevated privileges.
You need to either use sudo nano in terminal or use your GUI text editor with root/elevated privileges.
@drstrom said in The Videos Don't Play Topic:
does someone can tell me which libffmpeg.so version for the actual opera linux version. opera version 86.0.4363.32
Thank you in advanced
I don't know any version numbers. I just know these instructions worked for me several months ago and it updates properly.
My libffmpeg.so file is 1.8 MB in size in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/ and another one is 17.4 MB in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/lib_extra/
https://github.com/Ld-Hagen/fix-opera-linux-ffmpeg-widevine/
@styen Re: The Videos Don't Play Topic
3 days ago I updated Opera to 82.0.4227.23 and I've had no issues with the method suggested by Ld-Hagen at https://github.com/Ld-Hagen/fix-opera-linux-ffmpeg-widevine/
I've had good luck with the instructions at this link. Each Opera update maintains the proper codec with this script for me.
https://github.com/Ld-Hagen/fix-opera-linux-ffmpeg-widevine/
I followed these instructions over a year ago and I've had no problem with video playback because of the codec issue. Each Opera update maintains the proper codec with this script installed.
https://github.com/Ld-Hagen/fix-opera-linux-ffmpeg-widevine/
Perhaps something got removed previously which is throwing a spanner in the works.
I checked my LTS based on Ubuntu 20.04 in Synaptic. There are 4 packages installed.
libgcc-s1
libgcc-s1:i386
libgcc-9-dev
libgcc1
Perhaps you can use Synaptic to install whatever packages you need. I only use a .deb package when it's not in Synaptic.
I don't have an icon on the desktop. I have a panel widget which would qualify as a menu entry.
I am using EthanNisimura's fix.
Each Opera update does reset /usr/share/applications/opera.desktop to Exec=opera %U but that doesn't seem to be an issue. I've been leaving it unchanged recently.
What seems to matter is the /.local/share/applications.opera.desktop file. It doesn't get changed with updates.
As long as it remains Exec=opera --window-size=1920,1080 then Opera always stays maximized.
Debian Buster 10 will drop normal support in July. It's probably time to upgrade to Bullseye 11.
I had the same thing happening with Linux Mint 17 a few years ago before it reached EOL.
@martienne17 said in How do I make Gmail login page be dark?:
@rollingpeanut I don't know if you found a way to do something that would help you with this but if not, you can install the extension Dark Reader from the Chrome store.
Looks good. It darkens practically everything so far except One Tab.
It also widens the scroll bar on some browsers like Chromium which is usually a good thing.
@bkjarvi said in Solving the problem of the Opera browser with video playback in Ubuntu and similar distributions (Linux Mint, KDE neon):
@exoplanet said in Solving the problem of the Opera browser with video playback in Ubuntu and similar distributions (Linux Mint, KDE neon):
Opera updated and video playback got bad again so I installed :
chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra_99.0.4844.84-0ubuntu0.18.04.1_amd64
But no luck
My Opera Version: 86.0.4363.23
Same here with 86.0.4363.50. I don't get how this is an issue tbh, Can't watch any type of stream using this.
Have you tried this fix:
https://github.com/Ld-Hagen/fix-opera-linux-ffmpeg-widevine/
@drstrom said in The Videos Don't Play Topic:
does someone can tell me which libffmpeg.so version for the actual opera linux version. opera version 86.0.4363.32
Thank you in advanced
I don't know any version numbers. I just know these instructions worked for me several months ago and it updates properly.
My libffmpeg.so file is 1.8 MB in size in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/ and another one is 17.4 MB in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/lib_extra/
https://github.com/Ld-Hagen/fix-opera-linux-ffmpeg-widevine/
@pindos said in Youtube page crashes:
@pnunn You can try this one: https://github.com/Ld-Hagen/fix-opera-linux-ffmpeg-widevine
This fixed the h.264 video playback for me many versions ago.
It also applies the fix with each Opera update for me (Ubuntu 20.04 based).
I just upgraded to Opera 86.0.4363.23 and there's still the maximize problem.
Maybe there's something about Ubuntu 20.04 that can't be easily fixed in these latest versions of Opera.
