Fresh magia 8 install - thunar can't launch vlc video files

[rtl19]

Hi,

I just did a fresh install of Mageia 8. It looks great! It seems much faster. I use xfce. I've noticed I'm unable to launch a video using vlc from thunar on a samba share.

Previously, under Mageia 7.1, if I click on the share in Thunar, it gets "auto" mounted and the path to files becomes something like /run/user/1000/gvfs/blah'. When that /run/user point was passed to vlc from thunar it would work just fine.

Now, Thunar appears to mount the samba share just fine but when it passes the file argument to VLC, it is of the form: "smb://192.168.0.5/videoshare/videofile.mp4'. Then vlc complains about the 'smb://' portion of the path. I also noticed that the /run/user/1000/gvfs/blah' mount is empty. Meaning, there are no entries in the gvfs directory. It appears all the fuse libraries are installed - at least from the default fresh install. This is also failing with other video players like smplayer, parole player, etc Am I missing a setting or something?

The error from VLC states; Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'smb://192.168.0.5/video.mp4'

Thank you,
R

I should probably also point out it fails when using vlc to play audio files too.

[wally]

What's the output of

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$ rpm -qa gvfs*

You might want to install at least gvfs-smb package if it's missing.

[morgano]

Just to get an optimal start: make a full system update. New kernel, vlc and more updated since release.

And Welcome to our forum
You may like to introduce yourself at viewtopic.php?f=2&t=15

[rtl19]

Thanks for the quick responses!

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$ rpm -qa gvfs*
gvfs-smb-1.46.2-1.mga8
gvfs-mtp-1.46.2-1.mga8
gvfs-archive-1.46.2-1.mga8
gvfs-gphoto2-1.46.2-1.mga8
gvfs-1.46.2-1.mga8
gvfs-iphone-1.46.2-1.mga8
gvfs-fuse-1.46.2-1.mga8


The system has been fully updated after doing a fresh install.

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rpm -qa vlc*
vlc-plugin-vdpau-3.0.12.1-2.1.mga8.tainted
vlc-plugin-pulse-3.0.12.1-2.1.mga8.tainted
vlc-plugin-speex-3.0.12.1-2.1.mga8.tainted
vlc-plugin-opengl-3.0.12.1-2.1.mga8.tainted
vlc-3.0.12.1-2.1.mga8.tainted
vlc-plugin-flac-3.0.12.1-2.1.mga8.tainted
vlc-plugin-common-3.0.12.1-2.1.mga8.tainted
vlc-plugin-theora-3.0.12.1-2.1.mga8.tainted

rpm -qa smplayer*
smplayer-themes-18.6.0-4.mga8
smplayer-20.6.0-3.mga8

uname -a
Linux host 5.10.19-desktop-1.mga8 #1 SMP Fri Feb 26 22:25:44 UTC 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
smplayer-skins-15.2.0-6.mga8


[sturmvogel]

You should also install vlc-plugin-samba.

[rtl19]

You should also install vlc-plugin-samba.

Thank you Sturmvogel, that solves the vlc specific issue.

I'm still very curious why it's not working with other media players like smplayer. Plus, I'm hoping to learn why gvfs is not creating a mount point that I can find.

[wally]

What's the output of

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$ rpm -qa fuse*

Try to install fuse3 if it's not installed.

[rtl19]

Thank you, Wally! That did the trick!!

I was missing fuse3.

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urpmi fuse3

Now Thunar mounts the network share and I can see it my personal gvfs folder.

[isadora]

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[wally]

Thank you, Wally! That did the trick!!

I was missing fuse3.

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urpmi fuse3

Now Thunar mounts the network share and I can see it my personal gvfs folder.

The "real issue" was originally reported to our bugzilla as bug 28655. gvfs-fuse is missing fuse3 requires.