Cannot add URLs to the playlist (add dialog not gnome-vfs enabled?)

[Amos Brocco]

Adding remote (gnome-vfs) URLs to the playlist is not possible.
Example:

I want to create a playlist of remote files.
For example, I want to add this file:
http://www.temus.ch/oggetti/Gabriele%20-%20Gloria.mp3

1) I click on the add button in the sidebar
2) The "Select Movies or Playlist" window appears
3) I press CTRL+L to open the "Open Location" dialog
4) I enter the address (in this example http://www.temus.ch/oggetti/Gabriele%20-%20Gloria.mp3 )
5) Press "Open"
6) An error dialog appears: "Could not retrieve information about the file, http://www.temus.ch/oggetti is not a folder"

Opening the same file from the Menu -> Open Location works, but then I cannot create a playlist of remote files.

Is it a totem problem (the playlist open dialog is not gnome-vfs enabled) or a generic problem of the gtk open dialog not accepting URLs ?

If it's a problem in the gtk file dialog, I think it's something that need to be fixed, because if the purpose of gnome-vfs is to offer network transparency having two different access commands ("Open file" and "Open location") seems a little stranger to me. In my opinion the open file dialog need to support URLs (if the application supports gnome-vfs).

[Martin Mai (mrkanister-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

 Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This bug did not have a package associated with it, which is important for ensuring that it gets looked at by the proper developers. You can learn more about finding the right package at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage . I have classified this bug as a bug in totem.
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[Martin Mai (mrkanister-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue for you. Can you try with the latest Ubuntu release? Thanks in advance.

[Shawn (ogarro)]

I can confirm that this is still an issue. To summarize that bug as I believe he states it is simply that "the open file dialog need to support URLs (if the application supports gnome-vfs)" or in other words you are unable to add a url to a playlist using any of the programs dialogs.

[Martin Mai (mrkanister-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

Forwarded it upstream

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

the bug is fixed in jaunty now