I'm unable to find the 2nd flag on Opera stable 67.0.3575.52.
The 1st flag (#video-pop-out-surface-layers) works in bringing back the old PIP player but it stays completely black for youtube videos.

Any workaround for this, besides reverting to 65?
It's not such a massive deal breaker, but just the fact you have to click a very specific (and now smaller) button instead of anywhere-except-a-button like the original is incredibly frustrating.
It's like the original devs never tried the feature, just chucked it in and called it a day.

And I'm not blaming Opera devs for this, because they just enabled the Chromium version, which hopefully will get more support.
I am blaming the opera devs for the forced "upgrade" to an inferior feature with no option to switch back to original, even if buggier.
Cmon guys, don't do a classic Microsoft, please?

Oh wow, many thanks, that fixed my problem right away.

See, I never thought to look up the media pack because

1. Both Chrome and Edge seemed to be working fine, so nothing suggested it was a Windows issue
2. I 100% remember installing the media pack ages ago for a different software issue and I've never touched it or had an issue with it since

I bet it was some sneaky (or badly coded) Windows Update that removed that whole pack without warning or notice. That's really the only thing that had changed recently.

In any case, thanks again! Hope this helps someone else stuck with this problem.

Follow-up point (specific to Windows):

• The pop-out now appearing as a new Opera window is...double edged? For one, it's easier to find, but also it conflicts with the alt-tabbing history and windows shortcuts.
• Unsure if I'd rather have the old functionality back (floating window as part of the main Opera one), or the new one, or a toggle.

I'm unable to find the 2nd flag on Opera stable 67.0.3575.52.
The 1st flag (#video-pop-out-surface-layers) works in bringing back the old PIP player but it stays completely black for youtube videos.

Any workaround for this, besides reverting to 65?
It's not such a massive deal breaker, but just the fact you have to click a very specific (and now smaller) button instead of anywhere-except-a-button like the original is incredibly frustrating.
It's like the original devs never tried the feature, just chucked it in and called it a day.

And I'm not blaming Opera devs for this, because they just enabled the Chromium version, which hopefully will get more support.
I am blaming the opera devs for the forced "upgrade" to an inferior feature with no option to switch back to original, even if buggier.
Cmon guys, don't do a classic Microsoft, please?

Oh wow, many thanks, that fixed my problem right away.

See, I never thought to look up the media pack because

1. Both Chrome and Edge seemed to be working fine, so nothing suggested it was a Windows issue
2. I 100% remember installing the media pack ages ago for a different software issue and I've never touched it or had an issue with it since

I bet it was some sneaky (or badly coded) Windows Update that removed that whole pack without warning or notice. That's really the only thing that had changed recently.

In any case, thanks again! Hope this helps someone else stuck with this problem.

Hi, apologies for opening this up again (not sure if I should have started a new topic) but I've been grappling with this for days and I don't know where else to turn.
For a few weeks now the Opera install on my machine has been unable to play videos on any of the following sites:

• Prime Video:
• Netflix:
• Twitch:
• Dailymotion
• Twitter

All of these work in Chrome and Edge (Chromium) on the same machine, and the issue doesn't even seem to be build-related - I've tried several older versions of Opera Stable, Beta and GX, all with the same problem.
Even worse, the exact same version of opera (as far as I can tell) on a different laptop is working perfectly fine, which leads me to believe it's an issue related to something outside of the browser but I can't figure out what.
Youtube is about the only video source still working.

Technical details:

• OS: Windows 10 Home N v.1909 Build 18363.657
• Opera Version:66.0.3515.95 - up to date
• Components page:
  

Things I have tried:

• Removed any Antivirus program (besides windows defender)
• Disabled the Windows Firewall
• Disabled all extensions and reverting all settings
• Completely wiping Opera + profile folder + PC reboot and reinstall

Any help would be greatly appreciated as I'm close to abandoning Opera on this machine, which would be a shame because I have grown used to it and is one of the best browsers out there.
Many thanks!