kde copy the whole media file for the samba share network when opening media file with smplayer

[Yunkwan]

kde copy the whole media file for the samba share network when opening media file with smplayer

OS: Kubuntu Karmic (updated to the lastest) i386
This issue actually happens since Jaunty.
I'm not sure it is smplayer's problem or Dolphin's problem or other KDE component caused it.

1. I was using Dolphin to browse the sharing network in my house. I accessed into a movie share folder in one of the computers in my house. (That computer is using windows XP as its OS). I've already assigned smplayer as my default video player. So, I click to open that avi format video, then the kde notification popped up and shows that the my system is copying the whole video file to (/var/tmp/) somewhere. What's more, the smplayer will not play it and show up until the copying process finished. But I just want to open and play them instead of copying the media file to my laptop. (Not only happens to video files, opening audio file have this issues too. This happens to an Arch Linux + KDE system too.)

2. If I use Kmplayer or Dragon Player to open these files in the sharing network, both media player will automatically play them instead of making a copy in my laptop.

Thank you.

[Ofir Klinger (klinger-ofir)]

This bug is still valid for 10.10 - KDE copies the file instead of just opening it with the video player (stream the video file). This happens also with any other media file, not just video files.

There is a temporary solution, however. The solution is to add the following line:
X-KDE-Protocols=http,ftp,smb
In the file /usr/share/applications/smplayer.desktop