Install libffmpeg.so in vivaldi

libffmpeg_vivaldi.md

Install libffmpeg.so in vivaldi

This short instruction shows how to install libffmpeg.so in vivaldi to play e.g. mp4 videos.

I use the ubuntu repository for that but this is just one way to get the file.

1. Download .deb package

Go to http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/c/chromium-browser/ and choose the latest chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra and download it.

For example: chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra_58.0.3029.110-0ubuntu1.1354_amd64.deb

2. Get data.tar.xz out of deb file

The library is in a tar.xz ball inside the .deb file. Extraxt it with

ar x <your-deb-file> data.tar.xz

Now you have the data.tar.xz file next to your .deb file.

3. Extract library

Just use tar with tar -xJf data.tar.xz --strip-components=4 ./usr/lib/chromium-browser/libffmpeg.so to do so. There is now the file libffmpeg.so next to the data.tar.xz.

4. Copy libffmpeg.so to vivaldi folder

Check where vivaldi is and copy the library to this directory.

E.g. cp ./libffmpeg.so /opt/vivaldi/lib/

Thank you. Also works for opera, just copy file to /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera

https://gist.github.com/Thomas-Ln/c4ae803e90f9984b6612c8983c8fde1f#gistcomment-3894678

https://gist.github.com/Thomas-Ln/c4ae803e90f9984b6612c8983c8fde1f#gistcomment-3894678

How is that a fix, what is the issue of the above instructions? Your snipped also only works on debian based systems with the apt package manager but not e.g. on arch or fedora.

hi!
any way to make that work with the flatpak version of opera?

I'm sorry, but I neither know flatpak nor opera.