Bug#757968: vlc: Cannot play video from Samba share

[Sebastian Ramacher]

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On 2014-08-12 22:16:55, Pierre Rudloff wrote:
> Package: vlc
> Version: 2.0.3-5+deb7u1
> Severity: normal
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> When I try to play a video from a Samba share on another computer on my
> network, I get this error:
> Your input can't be opened:
> VLC is unable to open the MRL 'smb://bmo.local/videos/test/test.mp4'. Check the
> log for details.
> 
> The console also outputs this:
> [0x25d6658] main input error: open of `smb://bmo.local/videos/test/test.mp4'
> failed
> [0x2528c08] access_smb access error: open failed for
> 'bmo.local/videos/test/test.mp4' (Permission denied)

So, do you need to be authenticated to access this Samba share? If
that's the case the workaround from [1] should work.

Cheers

[1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=602985#15
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Sebastian Ramacher
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