grohan47/fix-opera-linux-ffmpeg-widevine

This script fixes Opera for Linux, allowing it play videos including DRM-protected ones.

Fix Opera Linux libffmpeg & WidevineCdm

• Fixes Opera html5 media content including DRM-protected one.
• This script must be executed all times opera fails on showing html5 media content.
• On Debian-based, RedHat-based and Arch-based distributions it could be started automatically after Opera each update or reinstall.

Requirements

1. wget (Is needed for downloading the ffmpeg lib and widevine)

   unzip (Is needed for unpacking the downloaded file)

   git (Is needed for fetching this script)

   For Debian-based systems: sudo apt install wget unzip git

   For Arch-based systems: sudo pacman -S wget unzip git

   For RedHat-based systems: sudo dnf install wget unzip git

2. (Optional) python3-dnf-plugin-post-transaction-actions (Is needed for autoupdate in RedHat-based systems) dnf install python3-dnf-plugin-post-transaction-actions

Usage

1. Clone this repo

   git clone https://github.com/Ld-Hagen/fix-opera-linux-ffmpeg-widevine.git

2. Go to the repo root folder

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

3. (Optional) Run script. And if it works well go to next step.

   sudo ./scripts/fix-opera.sh

4. Run install script and answer few questions.

   sudo ./install.sh

5. Delete the repo

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