Getting MP4 (H.264/AAC) to work on Opera, Vivaldi and Slimjet browsers

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colin_b
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Getting MP4 (H.264/AAC) to work on Opera, Vivaldi and Slimjet browsers

#1 Post by colin_b »

Opera, Vivaldi and Slimjet browsers require a third-party support file to play patented media types such as MP4 (H.264/AAC). This is installed by entering a command into the terminal which downloads and installs libffmpeg.so into the location required by the browser.

Vivaldi 64 bit terminal command:

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sudo -v; curl -L vvld.in/lm64 |tail -c+1079 | sudo tar xJ -C / --wildcards \*libffmpeg\.so --xform 's,.*/,opt/vivaldi/,'
Opera 64 bit terminal command:

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sudo -v; curl -L vvld.in/lm64 |tail -c+1079 | sudo tar xJ -C / --wildcards \*libffmpeg\.so --xform  's,.*/,usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/lib_extra/,'
Slimjet 64 bit terminal command:

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sudo -v; curl -L vvld.in/lm64 |tail -c+1079 | sudo tar xJ -C / --wildcards \*libffmpeg\.so --xform 's,.*/,opt/slimjet/,'
A browser restart is required after running the command, things should then work.

To update or reinstall libffmpeg.so simply rerun the relevant terminal command.

Hat tip to WaltH and Fehlix for helping to get this problem sorted viewtopic.php?f=108&t=45409#p462781

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Re: Getting MP4 (H.264/AAC) to work on Opera, Vivaldi and Slimjet browsers

#2 Post by spanizdogs »

Just another way for the same result.

Running Vivaldi-stable for the first time in the terminal gives this commands for watching video.

In this case you dont need to remember or look for the commands online.

I dont know if this works for Opera and Slimjet.
Arcolinuxb I3 xfce.

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Re: Getting MP4 (H.264/AAC) to work on Opera, Vivaldi and Slimjet browsers

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