An addtition: when starting VLC from a command line with specifying a URI manually, like
vlc 'smb://server/share/video.avi' it plays it all right, like it is expected and like it was in Dolphin recently. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/696497 Title: .desktop file for VLC is not handled correctly resulting in videos over smb:// protocol not playing -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs