Plug-ins

This document was last updated for Opera 9.50.

Plug-ins are programs that extend the capabilities of Opera in specific ways. Commonly used plug-ins include Adobe Reader, Flash Player (Adobe), and Java Runtime Environment (Sun). Other plug-ins enable you to play audio samples or view videos within a browser window. The more commonly used plug-ins are listed below. Opera supports most Netscape compatible plug-ins. If you are a developer and would like information on developing a plug-in for Opera, please see Opera's plug-in application programming interface (API).

Audio and video

Beatnik: Beatnik is a free plug-in that delivers high quality multimedia audio Web content on mobile phones, games and other devices.
DivX Player: DivX Player is a plug-in that delivers superior quality for video and audio Web content.
Flash Player (Adobe): Flash Player is a free and highly popular multimedia plug-in used to view high-impact, animated Web content.
QuickTime: QuickTime is the Apple technology used for video, sound, music, 3D and virtual reality on Macintosh and Windows.; Instructions for installing QuickTime.
RealPlayer: RealPlayer is a free, streaming multimedia plug-in.; Instructions for installing the player.
Shockwave Player (Adobe): Shockwave Player is used to view entertaining, rich-media Web content.; Instructions for installing Shockwave.
Windows Media Player: Windows Media Player is a popular, free plug-in used to store and enjoy music, video, pictures, and recorded TV.; How to use the Using the Windows Media Player plug-in with Opera.

Download Organizers

GetRight: GetRight helps to manage downloads and resume broken ones. GetRight's developer has worked closely with Opera programmers in order to ensure that the plug-in works with Opera and has set up a dedicated page on how to get GetRight to work with Opera.
Go!Zilla: Go!Zilla helps to recover from download errors and resume failed downloads, manage and categorize files to download later and get files from the most unresponsive sites.

Graphic - Picture Viewers

Adobe Reader: Adobe Reader is a free plug-in that allows you to view, navigate, and print PDF files across all major platforms.; Instructions for installing Adobe Acrobat Reader.
CPC View: Cartesian's CPC View Web plug-in allows you to directly open and print both local and remote TIFF files.
Chime: Chime is a plug-in that allows for 3-D viewing and manipulation of molecules interactively on a Web page.; Instructions for installing Chime.

Java

Java: Java simplifies computing, both for users, and for the companies building and using computers and software. Instructions for installing Java.

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