Comment 7 for bug 1320479

It is a VLC issue since the same thing also happens when using VLC's "file open" dialog - completely without a file manager. At least in Ubuntu's VLC build.

In the file open dialog, I select a file on a SMB share and get the same error message. The share was mounted using Nemo and Nautilus file managers - so this also does not depend on the exact file manager (PCmanFM doesn't work either). At first I thought the real problem was how parameter (URLs) are passed from file manager to the application, but this doesn't seem to be the problem.

I am reporting this bug against VLC because *only* VLC seems to ever have had an issue with accessing shared SMB folders (regardless of the file manager or opening method used). Neither Totem nor any other player has this issue. So there must be something that VLC does differently than the others, right?