VLC not able to read across the network.....

[Caleb Marcus]

On Sat, 2008-04-12 at 09:10 -0400, John Toliver wrote:
> I have a Windows XP pro box running as a server on my internal
> network.  I have videos, music etc. that I then call and play from
> other network connected devices.  My problem is that I want VLC to be
> my default player instead of totem as I think I haven't found yet a
> file that VLC cannot play.  The problem is that in gutsy, when I go to
> my network drive and right click on the file I want to play, then
> select "open with VLC", VLC will open but won't play anything.
> 
> I notice if I try the same thing on windows, it will work.   This
> leads me to believe I need to install something to get VLC to see
> network file systems.
> 
> Does anyone have any ideas, or have you experienced similar?
> 
> -- 
> Patience yields far greater results than brute force or rage ever
> could so relax......it's just life !!!
VLC is not Gnome-VFS aware, so it can't open files on drives that are
not mounted traditionally, as folders. However, in the next version of
Ubuntu, slated for release on the 24th of April, Gnome-VFS will be
replaced by GVFS... this should simplify things, because when you
connect to a Windows share via GVFS, it mounts it under ~/.gvfs, so any
program can access it. Until then, you can mount the Windows share as a
drive under fstab by following this guide:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MountWindowsSharesPermanently?highlight=%
28shares%29%7C%28Windows%29
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