Thanks. That has got it up and running with click launch or open with while files are on the nas. No way can I save files from a none strict kde application onto the nas though which spoils things some what. I'm near 100% sure this is down to kde and it's allow smb/http etc which has to be placed in...
I was hoping for some help on this but if VLC should work in situations where say an avi is launched when it's actually on a local server the problems seem to be purely down to kde 4.6.0. I had connected to the server using dolphin but later tried setting up and using samba for access. Same problems...
One further bit of information from the nas log. It looks like VLC is trying to access the nas as [anonymous] rather than use the user name I have given it.
Also another question. When changing setting in VLC I have seen a comment about closing and restarting it. I have been but is this needed?
I've only just installed VLC for the first time following a suggestion from some one. Impressed. :D I installed off packman for suse 11.4 running kde. Sound didn't work but have sorted that out. I searched the forum for info on playing video files off a nas and thought I had found a solution. Seems ...