Cannot play video from smb in Dolphin

FurN1 · 25 February 2021 13:49

This is relevant to the one I posted before: Building ffmpeg-git, target not found: intel-graphics-compiler-bin

In that post, I thought it was a problem of mpv and the ffmpeg version it’s bundled with. Thanks to the help from @Darksky , I had managed to build the right mpv version. But I still cannot play video from smb in Dolphin. Then I tried Nautilus, which uses gvfs rather than KDE’s kio, everything works fine, even with the out-of-box mpv version from Manjaro ARM official repo.

I have installed kio-fuse and rebooted, but I still cannot play video from smb in Dolphin. The discussion in VLC / SMB - Watching videos via network-computer pointed out this is a KDE problem, and in VLC / SMB - Watching videos via network-computer - #33 by Yochanan maybe manjaro-settings-samba is recommended, but it’s not available on aarch64. Again not an urgent problem and further investigation is out of the scope of my knowledge, just want to report it here.

Strit · 25 February 2021 13:56

manjaro-settings-samba is in the extra repo…
Try installing it with sudo pacman -Syu manjaro-settings-samba

FurN1 · 25 February 2021 15:16

Thanks, I have successfully installed manjaro-settings-samba. Also other packages as stated in Using Samba in your File Manager - Manjaro and rebooted. But the problem is still there.

Strit · 25 February 2021 15:19

One last idea, is that it could be a permissions issue.

Do you get any errors when trying to access the network file?

FurN1 · 25 February 2021 16:09

I can open other file type e.g. text files, with kate text editor.

Nachlese · 25 February 2021 16:52

but the question was not what you can do
it was whether you get errors when you try to do what you currently can’t do …

FurN1 · 25 February 2021 19:39

You are right semantically, I should print the errors.

@Strit Here’s the output of journalctl:

Feb 25 19:30:53 RasPi4B systemd[556]: Started mpv Media Player - Multimedia player.
Feb 25 19:30:55 RasPi4B systemd[556]: app-mpv-e37e49194b614be6b75c11839f145788.scope: Succeeded.
Feb 25 19:30:55 RasPi4B kwin_x11[727]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 35147, resource id: 54525981, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
Feb 25 19:31:46 RasPi4B sshd[3971]: Invalid user condom from 127.0.0.1 port 54468
Feb 25 19:31:46 RasPi4B sshd[3971]: pam_faillock(sshd:auth): User unknown
Feb 25 19:31:46 RasPi4B sshd[3971]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): check pass; user unknown
Feb 25 19:31:46 RasPi4B sshd[3971]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=127.0.0.1
Feb 25 19:31:46 RasPi4B dbus-daemon[394]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.home1' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.home1.service' requested by ':1.495' (uid=0 pid=3971 comm="sshd: unknown [priv] ")
Feb 25 19:31:46 RasPi4B dbus-daemon[394]: [system] Activation via systemd failed for unit 'dbus-org.freedesktop.home1.service': Unit dbus-org.freedesktop.home1.service not found.
Feb 25 19:31:46 RasPi4B sshd[3971]: pam_systemd_home(sshd:auth): systemd-homed is not available: Unit dbus-org.freedesktop.home1.service not found.
Feb 25 19:31:46 RasPi4B sshd[3971]: pam_faillock(sshd:auth): User unknown
Feb 25 19:31:48 RasPi4B sshd[3971]: Failed password for invalid user condom from 127.0.0.1 port 54468 ssh2
Feb 25 19:31:50 RasPi4B sshd[3971]: Received disconnect from 127.0.0.1 port 54468:11: Normal Shutdown, Thank you for playing [preauth]
Feb 25 19:31:50 RasPi4B sshd[3971]: Disconnected from invalid user condom 127.0.0.1 port 54468 [preauth]
Feb 25 19:32:02 RasPi4B sshd[3976]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=127.0.0.1  user=root
Feb 25 19:32:03 RasPi4B sshd[3979]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=127.0.0.1  user=root
Feb 25 19:32:04 RasPi4B sshd[3976]: Failed password for root from 127.0.0.1 port 54470 ssh2
Feb 25 19:32:06 RasPi4B sshd[3976]: Received disconnect from 127.0.0.1 port 54470:11: Bye Bye [preauth]
Feb 25 19:32:06 RasPi4B sshd[3976]: Disconnected from authenticating user root 127.0.0.1 port 54470 [preauth]
Feb 25 19:32:06 RasPi4B sshd[3979]: Failed password for root from 127.0.0.1 port 54472 ssh2
Feb 25 19:32:07 RasPi4B sshd[3983]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=127.0.0.1  user=root
Feb 25 19:32:07 RasPi4B sshd[3979]: Received disconnect from 127.0.0.1 port 54472:11: Bye Bye [preauth]
Feb 25 19:32:07 RasPi4B sshd[3979]: Disconnected from authenticating user root 127.0.0.1 port 54472 [preauth]
Feb 25 19:32:09 RasPi4B sshd[3983]: Failed password for root from 127.0.0.1 port 54474 ssh2
Feb 25 19:32:11 RasPi4B sshd[3983]: Received disconnect from 127.0.0.1 port 54474:11: Bye Bye [preauth]
Feb 25 19:32:11 RasPi4B sshd[3983]: Disconnected from authenticating user root 127.0.0.1 port 54474 [preauth]
Feb 25 19:32:12 RasPi4B sshd[3987]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=127.0.0.1  user=root
Feb 25 19:32:14 RasPi4B sshd[3987]: Failed password for root from 127.0.0.1 port 54476 ssh2
Feb 25 19:32:16 RasPi4B sshd[3987]: Received disconnect from 127.0.0.1 port 54476:11: Bye Bye [preauth]
Feb 25 19:32:16 RasPi4B sshd[3987]: Disconnected from authenticating user root 127.0.0.1 port 54476 [preauth]
Feb 25 19:32:16 RasPi4B sshd[3993]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=127.0.0.1  user=root
Feb 25 19:32:19 RasPi4B sshd[3993]: Failed password for root from 127.0.0.1 port 54478 ssh2
Feb 25 19:32:20 RasPi4B sshd[3993]: Received disconnect from 127.0.0.1 port 54478:11: Bye Bye [preauth]
Feb 25 19:32:20 RasPi4B sshd[3993]: Disconnected from authenticating user root 127.0.0.1 port 54478 [preauth]
Feb 25 19:32:33 RasPi4B sshd[3998]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=127.0.0.1  user=root
Feb 25 19:32:36 RasPi4B sshd[3998]: Failed password for root from 127.0.0.1 port 54480 ssh2
Feb 25 19:32:37 RasPi4B sshd[3998]: Received disconnect from 127.0.0.1 port 54480:11: Bye Bye [preauth]
Feb 25 19:32:37 RasPi4B sshd[3998]: Disconnected from authenticating user root 127.0.0.1 port 54480 [preauth]
Feb 25 19:32:39 RasPi4B sshd[4003]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=127.0.0.1  user=root
Feb 25 19:32:41 RasPi4B sshd[4003]: Failed password for root from 127.0.0.1 port 54482 ssh2
Feb 25 19:32:43 RasPi4B sshd[4003]: Received disconnect from 127.0.0.1 port 54482:11: Bye Bye [preauth]
Feb 25 19:32:43 RasPi4B sshd[4003]: Disconnected from authenticating user root 127.0.0.1 port 54482 [preauth]
Feb 25 19:33:03 RasPi4B sshd[4013]: Invalid user coneac from 127.0.0.1 port 54486
Feb 25 19:33:03 RasPi4B sshd[4013]: pam_faillock(sshd:auth): User unknown
Feb 25 19:33:03 RasPi4B sshd[4013]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): check pass; user unknown
Feb 25 19:33:03 RasPi4B sshd[4013]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=127.0.0.1
Feb 25 19:33:03 RasPi4B dbus-daemon[394]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.home1' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.home1.service' requested by ':1.503' (uid=0 pid=4013 comm="sshd: unknown [priv] ")
Feb 25 19:33:03 RasPi4B dbus-daemon[394]: [system] Activation via systemd failed for unit 'dbus-org.freedesktop.home1.service': Unit dbus-org.freedesktop.home1.service not found.
Feb 25 19:33:03 RasPi4B sshd[4013]: pam_systemd_home(sshd:auth): systemd-homed is not available: Unit dbus-org.freedesktop.home1.service not found.
Feb 25 19:33:03 RasPi4B sshd[4013]: pam_faillock(sshd:auth): User unknown
Feb 25 19:33:05 RasPi4B sshd[4013]: Failed password for invalid user coneac from 127.0.0.1 port 54486 ssh2
Feb 25 19:33:07 RasPi4B sshd[4013]: Received disconnect from 127.0.0.1 port 54486:11: Normal Shutdown, Thank you for playing [preauth]
Feb 25 19:33:07 RasPi4B sshd[4013]: Disconnected from invalid user coneac 127.0.0.1 port 54486 [preauth]
Feb 25 19:33:15 RasPi4B sshd[4019]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=127.0.0.1  user=root
Feb 25 19:33:16 RasPi4B sshd[4019]: Failed password for root from 127.0.0.1 port 54488 ssh2
Feb 25 19:33:18 RasPi4B sshd[4019]: Received disconnect from 127.0.0.1 port 54488:11: Bye Bye [preauth]
Feb 25 19:33:18 RasPi4B sshd[4019]: Disconnected from authenticating user root 127.0.0.1 port 54488 [preauth]
Feb 25 19:33:24 RasPi4B sshd[4023]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=127.0.0.1  user=root
Feb 25 19:33:25 RasPi4B sshd[4023]: Failed password for root from 127.0.0.1 port 54490 ssh2
Feb 25 19:33:26 RasPi4B sshd[4023]: Received disconnect from 127.0.0.1 port 54490:11: Bye Bye [preauth]
Feb 25 19:33:26 RasPi4B sshd[4023]: Disconnected from authenticating user root 127.0.0.1 port 54490 [preauth]

Strit · 25 February 2021 19:43

That’s the log from SSH.

We need the log from your video player when it tries to play the file.

NGr · 25 February 2021 19:55

Have you tried mounting the remote folder and playing the video’s from there?

Nachlese · 25 February 2021 20:02

That is how I would guess this should work - a mounted share is accessible regardless of how it was integrated into the filesystem, through which means or protocol it was mounted, it should behave like any other directory/file
… it should

there should be no need to play the video through smb - just play the file through it’s path

FurN1 · 25 February 2021 21:14

@NGr @Nachlese I’ll try it. But as I stated at the begining of the post, I can open the video in Gnome Nautilus and play normal. So if I simply do it from terminal, it’s likely everything will work. The problem in the KDE cannot be pinpointed through terminal, am I right?

Nachlese · 25 February 2021 21:17

… probably not
to be honest:
I didn’t understand what you meant to say with what you said …

NGr · 25 February 2021 21:21

Once you mount it to e.g. /media/videos then you can use Dolphin to navigate to it.

FurN1 · 25 February 2021 22:04

I mouted it to /mnt/some_dir_name and I can open the video in Dolphin. Thanks for the heads up.

@Nachlese So now I can open video by mounting the smb drive in Dolphin. And I can open video in Nautilus using their out-of-box smb function. The initial problem is I cannot open video in Dolphin using its out-of-box smb (neither by right clicking Remote in the side bar and choosing Add Entry to add the smb drive into sidebar, nor by clicking Network and navigating to the smb drive), which is still the case.

Nachlese · 25 February 2021 22:16

I have no idea (how Dolphin behaves).
It probably uses the smb:// location and tries to play through that
But it should also be able to mount that share to some place
and then you could go through that path.

I don’t have KDE running - I don’t have Dolphin running nor did I ever use it.
KDE … has too many tunable options for my taste and it’s hard to understand how they do what they do …
They try to be helpful - but may sometimes get in your way …

system · 12 March 2021 22:17

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