Fix Opera Linux ffmpeg

• Fix Opera html5 media content.
• It script must be execute all times opera will fails on showing html5 media content.
• Now it also fixes WidevineCdm support for DRM video. You can try it on Vevo youtube channel for example. (Requires Chrome installation in /opt/google/chrome)

Index

• Requirements
• How use
• Create an alias

Requirements

1. curl (Is needed for downloading the ffmpeg lib) sudo apt install curl

2. unzip (Is needed for unzipping the downloaded file) sudo apt install unzip

How use

1. Clone this repo

   git clone https://github.com/nicolas-meilan/fix-opera-linux-ffmpeg

2. Go to the repo root folder

   cd ./fix-opera-linux-ffmpeg-widevine

3. Give execute permissions to the script file

   chmod +x ./fix-opera.sh

4. Execute the script using sudo (Is needed for put the ffmpeg lib into the opera instalation folder)

   sudo ./fix-opera.sh

Create an alias

1. Clone this repo

   git clone https://github.com/nicolas-meilan/fix-opera-linux-ffmpeg

2. Create a script folder on your home

   mkdir ~/.scripts

3. Copy the script into the script folder

   cp ./fix-opera-linux-ffmpeg-widevine/fix-opera.sh ~/.scripts

4. Give execute permissions to the script file

   chmod +x ~/.scripts/fix-opera.sh

5. Create an alias on the .bashrc file (Remember replace <YOUR_USER> for your linux user)

   echo "alias fix-opera='sudo /home/<YOUR_USER>/.scripts/fix-opera.sh' # Opera fix HTML5 media" >> ~/.bashrc

6. Update .bashrc file

   source ~/.bashrc

7. Delete the repo

   rm -rf ./fix-opera-linux-ffmpeg-widevine