Can't play media from network SMB share

[msknight]

I have my files on a separate system, a server running Linux but publishing an SMB share.

I obviously can't mount it because the user IDs are not the same. Therefore I browse to it.

Under 9.04 Ubuntu, I can play media from the share, but not in 9.10 Kubuntu. I've tried video (Dragon Player) and Audio (Amarok) and no joy; but because they have both failed, I'm presuming it could be an OS issue rather than an app issue.

In the mean time, I'm trying to find where, in the application menu, Xine has been put ... I've installed it via the Kapp thingy, but can't find the icon in the menu.

Any suggestions gratefully received; as if I can't play my media from the server, then that is major issue for me :-(

[msknight]

Re: Can't play media from network SMB share

Looks like something to do with this...

No URI handler implemented for "smb"

...I'm hunting it down now.

[msknight]

Re: Can't play media from network SMB share

Tried a few things, including...
sudo apt-get install smbfs
... but no joy yet.

[monte48lowes]

Re: Can't play media from network SMB share

To run xine:

Alt-F2 > xine > Enter

I am not sure if the NetBios bug I saw on here earlier is affecting you or not. Dragonplayer and Amarok use xine to play the media. There is something going on, I just don't know what.

Mike

[msknight]

Re: Can't play media from network SMB share

Yeh, it's strange. If the file is local, it plays it. If it is on an SMB share that I'm browsing, it doesn't.

If I could get around the UID when mounting another Linux share, I'd be laughing, but I don't know the options.

[msknight]

Re: Can't play media from network SMB share

I can't solve this. I need help please. If I can't get this working, I'm going to have to switch back to ubuntu.

[wizard10000]

Re: Can't play media from network SMB share

user IDs don't have to be the same to mount an SMB share - you can specify the username and password on the command line.

sudo mount -t smbfs -o username=username,password=password //path-to-server/sharename /mnt/mount_point

You can substitute an IP address for the UNC path if you want.

[msknight]

Re: Can't play media from network SMB share

Hi Wizard,

Many thanks for helping.

I did try that, although I'm not sure I used smbfs - I'll try it again and come back to you.

Michelle.

[msknight]

Re: Can't play media from network SMB share

Nope, didn't work - permission denied trying to get in to one of the folders I have access to when going in via smb browsing.

Also, on an LS, it is showing the remote user and group ID's ... which obviously don't have corresponding accounts on this new build.

Any ideas please?

[wizard10000]

Re: Can't play media from network SMB share

If you mount the share into the local filesystem you wouldn't use SMB browsing to access the share, Michelle - you'd access it directly from the local filesystem.

Also, some media players won't play files on an SMB share - audacious is one, the original xmms is another.

[msknight]

Re: Can't play media from network SMB share

Hi Wizard,

Yes, I'm aware of the difference. I ls'd in to the mounted location and it wouldn't let me in to an area which I could get in to if I was accessing the SMB area.

On 9.04 Ubuntu 32 bit, I can browse in to the audio files and use Totem to play it. On 9.10 Kubuntu 64bit, Totem gave the error message - "An Error occurred - No URi handler implemented for "smb" " ... so I'm stuck. Totem on the 64 bit install is version 2.28.1 using Gstreamer 0.10.25 - while Totem on the 32bit system is 2.24.3 using Gstreamer 0.10.21

...so the software on the Kubuntu installation is newer ... combined with the nature of the error message, I'm believing that I'm missing a component or package on the Kubuntu installation.