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Since Opera (56.0) has released a very nice new free VPN feature, I wanted to try it to watch Netflix based on a different location than my own.
Based on the error message I received, it seems that Opera doesn't support HTML5, Silverlight 4 or Silverlight 5 on Linux distributions, and the work-arounds used in the past have either been deprecated (Pipelight), simply don't work any longer (Widevine) or require you to use a different browser or a VM. I have seen some mention of extensions that switch the user agent, but none that seem to be legitimate enough that I want to dare downloading it.
Is there any clean cut solution to this problem?
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Since Opera (56.0) has released a very nice new free VPN feature, I wanted to try it to watch Netflix based on a different location than my own.
Based on the error message I received, it seems that Opera doesn't support HTML5, Silverlight 4 or Silverlight 5 on Linux distributions, and the work-arounds used in the past have either been deprecated (Pipelight), simply don't work any longer (Widevine) or require you to use a different browser or a VM. I have seen some mention of extensions that switch the user agent, but none that seem to be legitimate enough that I want to dare downloading it.
Is there any clean cut solution to this problem?
16.04 vpn netflix opera
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It won't work anyway, Netflix detects that you are using a VPN or proxy and refuses to play anything. Yes, I am sad too.
– Organic Marble
Oct 30 '18 at 12:12
Does this only happen once you try to play the actual video? Because it shows me viewing options that I definitely don't have normally.
– skepticscript
Oct 30 '18 at 16:19
1
Yes, at least that's what happened to me. I was presented with an exciting menu of shows not available in my home country, but when I tried to watch one, got an error message. Just tried it again and yep, no joy.
– Organic Marble
Oct 30 '18 at 17:01
Well thank you for saving me the trouble then! If you want to formulate this into some kind of answer of the original question I'd be happy to accept it.
– skepticscript
Oct 30 '18 at 19:44
Somehow Opera's VPN is able to bypass the Netflix's VPN detection, so it actually works. I can confirm this because I've been using Opera's VPN for a couple days now and it works smoothly. But, I am using windows 10 to use Opera browser, although it should work in Ubuntu also.
– Madhav Thakker
Dec 30 '18 at 13:24
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show 1 more comment
Since Opera (56.0) has released a very nice new free VPN feature, I wanted to try it to watch Netflix based on a different location than my own.
Based on the error message I received, it seems that Opera doesn't support HTML5, Silverlight 4 or Silverlight 5 on Linux distributions, and the work-arounds used in the past have either been deprecated (Pipelight), simply don't work any longer (Widevine) or require you to use a different browser or a VM. I have seen some mention of extensions that switch the user agent, but none that seem to be legitimate enough that I want to dare downloading it.
Is there any clean cut solution to this problem?
16.04 vpn netflix opera
edited Jun 6 at 22:10
xiota
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asked Oct 29 '18 at 18:57
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Since Opera (56.0) has released a very nice new free VPN feature, I wanted to try it to watch Netflix based on a different location than my own.
Based on the error message I received, it seems that Opera doesn't support HTML5, Silverlight 4 or Silverlight 5 on Linux distributions, and the work-arounds used in the past have either been deprecated (Pipelight), simply don't work any longer (Widevine) or require you to use a different browser or a VM. I have seen some mention of extensions that switch the user agent, but none that seem to be legitimate enough that I want to dare downloading it.
Is there any clean cut solution to this problem?
16.04 vpn netflix opera
16.04 vpn netflix opera
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It won't work anyway, Netflix detects that you are using a VPN or proxy and refuses to play anything. Yes, I am sad too.
– Organic Marble
Oct 30 '18 at 12:12
Does this only happen once you try to play the actual video? Because it shows me viewing options that I definitely don't have normally.
– skepticscript
Oct 30 '18 at 16:19
1
Yes, at least that's what happened to me. I was presented with an exciting menu of shows not available in my home country, but when I tried to watch one, got an error message. Just tried it again and yep, no joy.
– Organic Marble
Oct 30 '18 at 17:01
Well thank you for saving me the trouble then! If you want to formulate this into some kind of answer of the original question I'd be happy to accept it.
– skepticscript
Oct 30 '18 at 19:44
Somehow Opera's VPN is able to bypass the Netflix's VPN detection, so it actually works. I can confirm this because I've been using Opera's VPN for a couple days now and it works smoothly. But, I am using windows 10 to use Opera browser, although it should work in Ubuntu also.
– Madhav Thakker
Dec 30 '18 at 13:24
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It won't work anyway, Netflix detects that you are using a VPN or proxy and refuses to play anything. Yes, I am sad too.
– Organic Marble
Oct 30 '18 at 12:12
Does this only happen once you try to play the actual video? Because it shows me viewing options that I definitely don't have normally.
– skepticscript
Oct 30 '18 at 16:19
1
Yes, at least that's what happened to me. I was presented with an exciting menu of shows not available in my home country, but when I tried to watch one, got an error message. Just tried it again and yep, no joy.
– Organic Marble
Oct 30 '18 at 17:01
Well thank you for saving me the trouble then! If you want to formulate this into some kind of answer of the original question I'd be happy to accept it.
– skepticscript
Oct 30 '18 at 19:44
Somehow Opera's VPN is able to bypass the Netflix's VPN detection, so it actually works. I can confirm this because I've been using Opera's VPN for a couple days now and it works smoothly. But, I am using windows 10 to use Opera browser, although it should work in Ubuntu also.
– Madhav Thakker
Dec 30 '18 at 13:24
3
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It won't work anyway, Netflix detects that you are using a VPN or proxy and refuses to play anything. Yes, I am sad too.
– Organic Marble
Oct 30 '18 at 12:12
It won't work anyway, Netflix detects that you are using a VPN or proxy and refuses to play anything. Yes, I am sad too.
– Organic Marble
Oct 30 '18 at 12:12
Does this only happen once you try to play the actual video? Because it shows me viewing options that I definitely don't have normally.
– skepticscript
Oct 30 '18 at 16:19
Does this only happen once you try to play the actual video? Because it shows me viewing options that I definitely don't have normally.
– skepticscript
Oct 30 '18 at 16:19
1
1
Yes, at least that's what happened to me. I was presented with an exciting menu of shows not available in my home country, but when I tried to watch one, got an error message. Just tried it again and yep, no joy.
– Organic Marble
Oct 30 '18 at 17:01
Yes, at least that's what happened to me. I was presented with an exciting menu of shows not available in my home country, but when I tried to watch one, got an error message. Just tried it again and yep, no joy.
– Organic Marble
Oct 30 '18 at 17:01
Well thank you for saving me the trouble then! If you want to formulate this into some kind of answer of the original question I'd be happy to accept it.
– skepticscript
Oct 30 '18 at 19:44
Well thank you for saving me the trouble then! If you want to formulate this into some kind of answer of the original question I'd be happy to accept it.
– skepticscript
Oct 30 '18 at 19:44
Somehow Opera's VPN is able to bypass the Netflix's VPN detection, so it actually works. I can confirm this because I've been using Opera's VPN for a couple days now and it works smoothly. But, I am using windows 10 to use Opera browser, although it should work in Ubuntu also.
– Madhav Thakker
Dec 30 '18 at 13:24
Somehow Opera's VPN is able to bypass the Netflix's VPN detection, so it actually works. I can confirm this because I've been using Opera's VPN for a couple days now and it works smoothly. But, I am using windows 10 to use Opera browser, although it should work in Ubuntu also.
– Madhav Thakker
Dec 30 '18 at 13:24
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As of September 2019, you can in fact use the built-in VPN in Opera to watch European Netflix from the USA.
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Netflix on Ubuntu 16/18 LTS and Opera should work fine. However, you'll need to copy the libffmpeg file from Google Chrome. Albeit Opera is built on Chromium, Opera does not contain all proprietary files due to licensing issues. You can fix this by installing Google Chrome alongside Opera, then running the command
sudo cp /usr/lib/chromium-browser/libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/libffmpeg.so
This will allow you to watch Netflix. Now regarding the VPN, that's a whole different issue. Netflix has zoning restrictions so you'll have to experiment with that on your own.
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Netflix on Ubuntu 16/18 LTS and Opera should work fine. However, you'll need to copy the libffmpeg file from Google Chrome. Albeit Opera is built on Chromium, Opera does not contain all proprietary files due to licensing issues. You can fix this by installing Google Chrome alongside Opera, then running the command
sudo cp /usr/lib/chromium-browser/libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/libffmpeg.so
This will allow you to watch Netflix. Now regarding the VPN, that's a whole different issue. Netflix has zoning restrictions so you'll have to experiment with that on your own.
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Netflix on Ubuntu 16/18 LTS and Opera should work fine. However, you'll need to copy the libffmpeg file from Google Chrome. Albeit Opera is built on Chromium, Opera does not contain all proprietary files due to licensing issues. You can fix this by installing Google Chrome alongside Opera, then running the command
sudo cp /usr/lib/chromium-browser/libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/libffmpeg.so
This will allow you to watch Netflix. Now regarding the VPN, that's a whole different issue. Netflix has zoning restrictions so you'll have to experiment with that on your own.
answered Jun 6 at 17:45
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Netflix on Ubuntu 16/18 LTS and Opera should work fine. However, you'll need to copy the libffmpeg file from Google Chrome. Albeit Opera is built on Chromium, Opera does not contain all proprietary files due to licensing issues. You can fix this by installing Google Chrome alongside Opera, then running the command
sudo cp /usr/lib/chromium-browser/libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/libffmpeg.so
This will allow you to watch Netflix. Now regarding the VPN, that's a whole different issue. Netflix has zoning restrictions so you'll have to experiment with that on your own.
answered Jun 6 at 17:45
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Netflix on Ubuntu 16/18 LTS and Opera should work fine. However, you'll need to copy the libffmpeg file from Google Chrome. Albeit Opera is built on Chromium, Opera does not contain all proprietary files due to licensing issues. You can fix this by installing Google Chrome alongside Opera, then running the command
sudo cp /usr/lib/chromium-browser/libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/libffmpeg.so
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It won't work anyway, Netflix detects that you are using a VPN or proxy and refuses to play anything. Yes, I am sad too.
– Organic Marble
Oct 30 '18 at 12:12
Does this only happen once you try to play the actual video? Because it shows me viewing options that I definitely don't have normally.
– skepticscript
Oct 30 '18 at 16:19
1
Yes, at least that's what happened to me. I was presented with an exciting menu of shows not available in my home country, but when I tried to watch one, got an error message. Just tried it again and yep, no joy.
– Organic Marble
Oct 30 '18 at 17:01
Well thank you for saving me the trouble then! If you want to formulate this into some kind of answer of the original question I'd be happy to accept it.
– skepticscript
Oct 30 '18 at 19:44
Somehow Opera's VPN is able to bypass the Netflix's VPN detection, so it actually works. I can confirm this because I've been using Opera's VPN for a couple days now and it works smoothly. But, I am using windows 10 to use Opera browser, although it should work in Ubuntu also.
– Madhav Thakker
Dec 30 '18 at 13:24