<Solved> Playing video through windows shares (SMB)

klloyd · 2016-09-05 22:38

Nothing I play through my network normally will play on q4os, I get the "The playback of this movie requires a SMB protocol source plugin which is not installed." prompt. VLC gives some error. If I transfer it to my system, it plays fine. I've installed all the libraries offered by google search. I cant find anything wrong. Nothing plays. I'm sure this has been asked before. I researched it, didnt find any info in these forums.

Thanks in advance

Last edited by klloyd (2016-09-06 00:49)

q4osteam · 2016-09-05 22:59

You could try to install 'vlc-plugin-samba' package, type in terminal:
$ sudo apt-get install vlc-plugin-samba

klloyd · 2016-09-05 23:04

Already installed. More info: If I boot to a live usb drive of q4os, it plays fine. The installed version just has trouble.

q4osteam · 2016-09-05 23:17

Try to install 'fuse' and 'fusesmb' packages:
$ sudo apt-get install fuse fusesmb

klloyd · 2016-09-05 23:20

Did that too. Both are installed.

q4osteam · 2016-09-05 23:22

Run vlc in terminal:
$ vlc
play a network movie and post back terminal output to analyze.

klloyd · 2016-09-05 23:27

VLC media player 2.2.1 Terry Pratchett (Weatherwax) (revision 2.2.1-0-ga425c42)
[0000000000db9118] core libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvl c' to use vlc without interface.
[00007f8e28001028] smb access error: open failed for 'movies@canvio-hd/movies_sh are/TV%20SHOWS/star%20treks/Star%20Trek%20The%20Next%20Generation%20Season%201,% 202,%203,%204,%205,%206%20%26%207%20Deluxe%20DVD%20Boxset%20%2B%20Extras%20in%20 HD/Season%201/Star%20Trek%20The%20Next%20Generation%20Season%201%20Episode%2005% 20-%20The%20Last%20Post.avi' (Permission denied)
[00007f8e2c0009b8] core input error: open of `smb://movies@canvio-hd/movies_shar e/TV%20SHOWS/star%20treks/Star%20Trek%20The%20Next%20Generation%20Season%201,%20 2,%203,%204,%205,%206%20%26%207%20Deluxe%20DVD%20Boxset%20%2B%20Extras%20in%20HD /Season%201/Star%20Trek%20The%20Next%20Generation%20Season%201%20Episode%2005%20 -%20The%20Last%20Post.avi' failed

klloyd · 2016-09-05 23:29

here is the totem output:
(totem:6072): Gtk-WARNING **: Calling Inhibit failed: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.gnome.SessionManager was not provided by any .service files
** Message: Missing plugin: gstreamer|1.0|totem|SMB protocol source|urisource-smb (SMB protocol source)
** Message: Automatic missing codec installation not supported (helper script missing)

q4osteam · 2016-09-05 23:55

Looks like insufficient permissions to mount the shared smb folder, you could make it work by following these directions:
1. Open VLC
2. Go to Tools > Preferences
3. Under the header Show Settings (bottom left), select the All button
4. Select Input / Codecs > Access Modules > SMB on the left
5. Enter credentials

klloyd · 2016-09-06 00:48

That seems to fix the vlc problem. Any clue about totem?

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