Plug-ins extend a browser's ability to show interactive audiovisual content in Web pages.
If you have ever seen a movie clip in a browser window, your browser was most likely using a plug-in.
Pre-installed plug-ins
Opera comes with the popular Shockwave Flash plug-in from Macromedia pre-installed.
Installing additional plug-ins
If you come across a Web page which requires a plug-in not installed on your computer, a button like this will appear on that page.
Click the button to get information about the required plug-in
Download the plug-in
If the plug-in is recognized, click to download the plug-in from the plug-in provider's Web site
If the plug-in is not recognized, go to Opera's plug-in page to find information about the plug-in, or
use Opera's integrated Web search to find information about the particular plug-in
Install the plug-in on your computer
If asked for browser, choose Opera or Netscape
If asked for path, browse to the folder where Opera is installed and select the "plug-in" folder
Select About Opera under Help on the main menu to check where your plug-in folder is
When the plug-in has been installed, return to Opera and click Preferences under File
Select "Multimedia", then click
Click if asked about associating file types
Finally, click to exit Preferences
Reload the page to view it with the newly installed plug-in
If you are still unable to see the content, see Opera's on-line information about plug-ins.