opera-stable 82.0.4227.23 on MX19 [workaround] [Solved]

[fehlix]

Nope, MXPI -Pop.Apps-reinstall opera, will replace the ffmpeg.so and not follow symlink to the vivaldi installed one:

So, where does this "extra" lib come from?
After doing

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$ sudo apt purge opera-stable
$ sudo rm -rf '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/'

And then I Install Opera from MXpi / Popular apps ... extra library is there again.

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[unnameduser@mx19]─[/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/lib_extra]─[13:58]
$ ll
total 3,2M
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3,2M lis  29 12:13 libffmpeg.so

Interestingly, after fresh Opera install (on my system)

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$ for f in  /opt/vivaldi/lib/libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/lib_extra/libffmpeg.so; do echo "$f: $(strings $f | grep -m1 'FFmpeg version')"; done
/opt/vivaldi/lib/libffmpeg.so: FFmpeg version N-104707-g392d8a2d60
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/libffmpeg.so: FFmpeg version N-104707-g392d8a2d60
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/lib_extra/libffmpeg.so: FFmpeg version N-104195-g628f528751

So, vivaldi library and opera library are the same! But Opera "extra" library is older... Why is there older "extra"?

On my Mint install there is no "lib_extra" folder at all. And Opera works as intended.

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Just checked, deleting "lib_extra" folder also works as a fix for my problem on MX19.

Seems you just discovered that Opera now provides an up-todate ffmpeg lib by it's own, which was not so in the past. Which means the extra stepp within MXPI->PopApps, to fetch ffmpeg is not longer needed, and need to be disabled.
Proved by this:

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for f in  /opt/vivaldi/lib/libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/{,lib_extra/}libffmpeg.so; do echo "$f: $(strings $f | grep -m1 'FFmpeg version')"; done
/opt/vivaldi/lib/libffmpeg.so: FFmpeg version N-104707-g392d8a2d60
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/libffmpeg.so: FFmpeg version N-104707-g392d8a2d60
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/lib_extra/libffmpeg.so: FFmpeg version N-104195-g628f528751

[unnameduser]

Which means the extra stepp within MXPI->PopApps, to fetch ffmpeg is not longer needed, and need to be disabled.

O, okay. So there is some work for packagers after all

Another thing, inside Opera I can't play Instagram videos. But I can do it on Vivaldi, Chrome, Firefox... Not crucial for me, tho'.

Tnx @fehlix