The Videos Don't Play Topic

@stevenjames123 And do you have the correct codec pack, the correct ffmpeg file(s)?

@leocg cmon man
dude ..really?
NO Its Opera Browser
it works fine in Winblows
its not my OS I been on Machine way before you were born
Dont do me like that man
Im 67 i dont need to be disrespected
you company
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Yep

@stevenjames123 Well, as the topic says, you need to have/install the proper libffmpeg.iso file installed for proprietary codecs to run in Opera for Linux and you have to update it every time there is a major version update because the Chromium version will also change and break everything again.

As you read, it's a legal issue and there isn't much that Opera can do.

@leocg

@stevenjames123 that's called quality control

@stevenjames123 And?

By the way, you should not post just an image without providing a context for it

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/

@xzero said in [Solved]Solving the problem of the Opera browser with video playback in Ubuntu and similar distributions (Linux Mint, KDE neon):

sudo /bin/bash opera-fix-ffmpeg.sh /path/to/your-opera-installation

Worked for Opera 94 & 95 on Ubuntu 22.04. Thanks

@lu-menard

wow it's good

@firigion Good

hi,
I have noticed that Opera on Linux (Mint cinnamon 21.1) has problem with videos of BBC (e.g. REEL) or CNN (e.g. news) and shows a weird error code.
Because Firefox won't have this problem I believe that it must be an Opera bug.

@joeschwarz Check the whole topic above.
Also check https://www.reddit.com/r/operabrowser/wiki/opera/linux_libffmpeg_config and https://forums.opera.com/topic/37539/solved-solving-the-problem-of-the-opera-browser-with-video-playback-in-ubuntu-and-similar-distributions-linux-mint-kde-neon/

@leocg
Thanks for the great hint. It works line charm. Here are the steps that what I've done:

1. run Opera, click "about" and scroll up to look for the install path. Here: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera, then run: killall opera
2. cd /usr/lib/.../opera
3. sudo mv libffmpeg.so libffmpeg.so_original
4. snap install chromium-ffmpeg
5. cd /snap/chromium-ffmpeg/current/
6. look for the most actual version:chronium-ffmpeg-XXXXX. Here: chromium-ffmpeg-108372//chromium-ffmpeg
7. sudo ln -sf /snap/chromium-ffmpeg/current/chromium-ffmpeg-108372/chromium-ffmpeg/libffmpeg.so libffmpeg.so

Finish. Start opera Opera, goto www.bbc.com and try with any REEL video....to see if it might work and...it works!
Joe

@marcorboels Worked perfect for me

In the "software manager" of Mint now you can download flatpack package with the codecs integrated, no more struggle.

@mr-matt-eastwood Thank you! This worked for me too. Of-course the path was a bit different for me. Specifically it was "/snap/chromium-ffmpeg/30/chromium-ffmpeg-108372/chromium-ffmpeg" and it had other options, but it worked!

OK After one year this script works very well again.

@styen It worked for me thank you!

@leocg it's sad, but a browser that can't watch videos is just useless