My Opera can’t play videos
I am using Opera 68.0.3618.125 on latest Ubuntu version. But I can’t watch videos. For example on Twitter. Everyone says get libffmpeg.so and copy to /snap/opera/current/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera but I can’t access this file even I’m in root access. Please help me.
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Install ffmpeg , which will install the missing shared library libffmpeg.so :
Sorry for this late answer, I had only just realised my suggestion which I was not 100% certain about worked for you. But here it is.
All problems with streams and Opera comes from .deb installation pack. We all have got .deb from the official Opera download page.
But official Opera has some problems with licences and official .deb Opera cant use latest codecs for playing streams.
Stream works only on snap opera, not .deb
If you have Ubuntu 20.04 u can just use this command
Thanks a lot! I was struggled with this issue from years. Installing opera from snap is much faster and clear than chromium codecs and making symlink to libffmpeg
i had the same problem, just installing ffmpeg didnt work, so my solution is to copy the up to date chromium library to the opera directory. I called it fixopera.sh :
#!/bin/sh apt-get -y update && apt-get -y install chromium && mv /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/libffmpeg.so.old && cp /usr/lib/chromium/libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/ copied it in /etc/cron.daily/ , to make it a root cron job and executable with chmod +x . so in case anything goes wrong you have a backup of your old file named libffmpeg.so.old
Clever! 🙂 a few questions: are you using 20.04? Did you install with snap, or apt, or any other? Thanks.
Linux Mint 20.04 (so: yes). I used the officially recommended deb package from opera website, which i think also sets an apt key so opera will be updated along with the other apps on apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade . Btw maybe setting a cron job on /etc/cron.daily/ is not the best way, maybe just add the script in your root crontab with sudo crontab -e .
In my case ffmpeg didn’t worked. I simply search for any possible libffmpeg.so in my system and found some varieties and pick one among them.
I selected from skype directory, and copied to opera directory and voila!! it worked!
Below are the steps.
- Update files DB, so it search files better.
$ locate libffmpeg.so /home/ravi/sw/Postman/app/libffmpeg.so /snap/flock-chat/281/libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/libffmpeg.so $ sudo cp /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/libffmpeg.so.bkp $ sudo cp /usr/share/skypeforlinux/libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/libffmpeg.so Similar to the other answers, except using a symlink instead of copying the library, is this solution from the Opera forums, Solving the problem of the Opera browser with video playback in Ubuntu and similar distributions (Linux Mint, KDE neon):
First of all, you need to install the chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra package. You can do this using the terminal with the following command:
sudo apt install chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra
Usually the second step is to create a symlink for the file libffmpeg.so , but since now the Opera browser delivers a file with this name (but not solving the problem), we will delete it and then create a simlink to the new file. File deletion:
sudo rm /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/libffmpeg.so
Creating a simlink:
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/chromium-browser/libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/
[Solved]Solving the problem of the Opera browser with video playback in Ubuntu and similar distributions (Linux Mint, KDE neon)
vladimir-bardakov отредактировано leocg HI))
https://www.comss.ru/page.php?id=6351 Users of the Linux version of the Opera browser face the problem of playing some videos. For example, Opera refuses to play streaming on Youtube or native videos on Twitter
Solving the problem of the Opera browser with video playback in Ubuntu and similar distributions (Linux Mint, KDE neon, etc) Playback errors look like this: Currently your browser does not recognize any of the available video formats
This is the kind of error you can see when you try to watch a live broadcast on Youtube. However, some other videos may only be available as 360, without the ability to improve the playback quality. You cannot play the video in this browser. Try a different browser
This message can be found when viewing a video on Twitter. We will not change the browser, this is not our way. But we will tell you about an easy solution to this problem. We fix the error of video playback by the Opera browser in Ubuntu distributions and the like
First of all, you need to install the chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra package. You can do this using the terminal with the following command: sudo apt install chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra Usually the second step is to create a symlink for the file libffmpeg.so, but since now the Opera browser delivers a file with this name (but not solving the problem), we will delete it and then create a simlink to the new file. File deletion: sudo rm /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/libffmpeg.so Creating a simlink: sudo ln -s /usr/lib/chromium-browser/libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/ When will it be fixed ?
leocg Moderator Volunteer @vladimir-bardakov отредактировано @vladimir-bardakov As said before, this is not a technical issue but a legal one. So it can't be fixed, at least not easily.
mr-matt-eastwood отредактировано Hey guys, I tried this workaround but even though chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra is installed on my computer (Linux Mint 20), there is no /usr/lib/chromium-browser directory. Any idea where to get the correct libffmpeg.so?
mr-matt-eastwood отредактировано Got it! I needed to install the chromium-ffmpeg snap. It comes with a bunch of libffmpeg.so's in a number of folders, all of which you can find in ~/snap/chromium-ffmpeg. I linked this one: sudo ln -s /snap/chromium-ffmpeg/15/chromium-ffmpeg-95241/chromium-ffmpeg/libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/ Did the trick!
xZero отредактировано Can confirm this solved the issue for me.
I figured out how to use snap library, as @mr-matt-eastwood suggested. On Manjaro Linux 20, opera directory is /usr/lib/opera.
You don't have to delete original libffmpeg.so file, but just rename it to whatever (including extension). Steps:
# If you cannot use sudo -i, then just prefix your commands with sudo sudo -i # Close your browser by hand. Following command will ensure no Opera processes are running in the background killall opera cd /usr/lib/opera # Some software automatically loads any .so/.dll file that is present. Not sure for Opera, but just in case mv libffmpeg.so libffmpeg.so_original snap install chromium-ffmpeg # Please note that chromium-ffmpeg-95241 path might differ. Just pickup one with highest number. ln -sf /snap/chromium-ffmpeg/current/chromium-ffmpeg-95241/chromium-ffmpeg/libffmpeg.so libffmpeg.so Thor 0 отредактировано Seems like any libffmpeg.so file will do - other than the one that ships with my Ubuntu Opera packages!!
I'm currently using the libffmpeg.so that came with the vsCode snap, and it seems I need to be updating the link after each Opera security update. I'd like to join the choir of people demanding Opera fix this issue.
marek-online @vladimir-bardakov отредактировано @vladimir-bardakov
Linux Mint 20 Cinnamon, Opera v.70 without Chromium browser
After
$ sudo snap install chromium-ffmpeg
in my OS the command and paths are:
$ sudo cp /snap/chromium-ffmpeg/15/chromium-ffmpeg-9xxxx/chromium-ffmpeg/libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/libffmpeg.so
9xxxx - there is a few of them, I chose 95241 only because I thoubht the higher number=latest version. Can't say it's true for sure.
cedarviola @leocg отредактировано @leocg -- I came in late to the game. Can you please give a link or reference to the legalities? Other browsers do not seem to have this trouble. Are they breaking the law? I'm sortof new to Linux, but would love to use my favorite browser --Opera. All of the suggestions to make it work seem really strange and weird. To my simplistic thinking they should be unnecessary. Please help me understand. regards
Jim
annevance отредактировано Hello,
I am trying to solve this problem with my Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. all above suggestions don't work with me.
I have the chromium codecs installed and I can find them in my /snap/chromium. etc folder. I also can find the opera installed libffmpeg.so in my /snap/opera/current/user/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera folder.
problem is I cannot remove the not working file since it is read only. Therefore i also cannot link the new one to the old one.
I don't know how to solve this. (FYI I am a kind of newbie on this linux)
Please help. Thank you.
Бывший пользователь отредактировано This is what worked for me in Debian 10: [*]Install chromium-ffmpeg snap:
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install snapd
$ sudo snap install core
$ sudo snap install chromium-ffmpeg [*]Keep the original libffmpeg.so file in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/ and create inside there a directory lib_extra:
$ sudo mkdir /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/lib_extra [*]Create a symlink in the lib_extra directory of the snap latest version libffmpeg.so: $ sudo ln -s /snap/chromium-ffmpeg/current/chromium-ffmpeg-98516/chromium-ffmpeg/libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/lib_extra Note: the latest version in my case is 98516, make sure to check yours inside directory /snap/chromium-ffmpeg/current/ After these steps Opera browser plays all kinds of videos i've come across. Thanks to @mr-matt-eastwood and this post that provided the solution steps!
sudo ln -s /snap/chromium-ffmpeg/current/chromium-ffmpeg-98516/chromium-ffmpeg/libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/lib_extra
Thank you for your help.
I tried to follow your instructions, but I had to adjust the location of opera.
I installed thru snap and therefore /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera did not exist.
It was installed in /snap/opera/current/usr/lib. etc
Finally I removed opera and reinstalled. Now it was located in /usr/lib/.
Then I followed your instructions to make a new directory and linked the lbffmpeg file.
Result: It works !!
Now I can use the beautifully designed Opera browser.
Thank you foryour help.
Бывший пользователь @vladimir-bardakov отредактировано @vladimir-bardakov The second step of your solution (sudo rm /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/libffmpeg.so) produces an error about shared libraries, at least in recent Opera versions. This file must remain and as an extra step create a lib_extra directory inside /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/lib_extra where the symlink must be placed. You can see my other detailed comment about the workaround in Debian 10. Many thanks for creating this post and part of the solution!