VLC tells me to check the log for details... where is it?

[przxqgl]

i use kubuntu 24.04 and VLC 3.0.20, and i have all my music stored on a QNAP NAS.

previously, i have been able to drag the music files from the QNAP to VLC, and it would play them, but then i had to change my NAS password, and now i get the following message:

Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'smb://path.to.the.nas/XXX.flac'. Check the log for details.

but i can't find the log anywhere.

i'm fairly sure fixing this is going to be relatively easy, but i don't even know where to start. any clues?

[Lotesdelere]

i can't find the log anywhere.

Open Tools -> Messages (set Verbosity to 2) before you start the playback.

[przxqgl]

okay, that gives me A LOT more information, but it doesn't tell me how to change the password for accessing my QNAP...

any OTHER clues? i feel like i'm almost there...

dbus debug: Getting All properties
dbus debug: Getting All properties
dbus debug: Getting property Position
dbus debug: Getting All properties
dbus debug: Getting All properties
dbus debug: Getting property Position
main debug: processing request item: null, node: Playlist, skip: 0
main debug: rebuilding array of current - root Playlist
main debug: rebuild done - 8 items, index -1
main debug: starting playback of new item
main debug: resyncing on 01 - file.flac
main debug: 01 - file.flac is at 0
main debug: creating new input thread
main debug: Creating an input for '01 - file.flac'
main debug: requesting art for new input thread
main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB
main debug: using default timeshift path
main debug: `smb://admin@qnapnas.local/path/to/music/file.flac' gives access `smb' demux `any' path `admin@qnapnas.local/path/to/music/file.flac'
main debug: creating demux: access='smb' demux='any' location='admin@qnapnas.local/path/to/music/file.flac' file='(null)'
main debug: looking for access_demux module matching "smb": 18 candidates
main debug: no access_demux modules matched
main debug: creating access: smb://admin@qnapnas.local/path/to/music/file.flac
main debug: looking for access module matching "smb": 30 candidates
dbus debug: Getting property Position
qt debug: IM: Setting an input
main debug: looking for meta fetcher module matching "any": 1 candidates
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in /home/salamandir/.local/share/vlc/lua/meta/fetcher
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/lua/meta/fetcher
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in /usr/share/vlc/lua/meta/fetcher
main debug: no meta fetcher modules matched
main debug: looking for art finder module matching "any": 2 candidates
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in /home/salamandir/.local/share/vlc/lua/meta/art
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/lua/meta/art
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/lua/meta/art/00_musicbrainz.luac
lua debug: skipping script (unmatched scope) /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/lua/meta/art/00_musicbrainz.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/lua/meta/art/01_googleimage.luac
lua debug: skipping script (unmatched scope) /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/lua/meta/art/01_googleimage.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/lua/meta/art/02_frenchtv.luac
lua debug: skipping script (unmatched scope) /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/lua/meta/art/02_frenchtv.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/lua/meta/art/03_lastfm.luac
lua debug: skipping script (unmatched scope) /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/lua/meta/art/03_lastfm.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in /usr/share/vlc/lua/meta/art
main debug: no art finder modules matched
main debug: looking for meta fetcher module matching "any": 1 candidates
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in /home/salamandir/.local/share/vlc/lua/meta/fetcher
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/lua/meta/fetcher
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in /usr/share/vlc/lua/meta/fetcher
main debug: no meta fetcher modules matched
main debug: looking for art finder module matching "any": 2 candidates
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in /home/salamandir/.local/share/vlc/lua/meta/art
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/lua/meta/art
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/lua/meta/art/00_musicbrainz.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/lua/meta/art/01_googleimage.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/lua/meta/art/02_frenchtv.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/lua/meta/art/03_lastfm.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in /usr/share/vlc/lua/meta/art
main debug: no art finder modules matched
main debug: looking for keystore module matching "any": 4 candidates
main debug: using keystore module "kwallet"
main debug: removing module "kwallet"
smb error: open failed for 'admin@qnapnas.local/path/to/music/file.flac' (Unknown error 8216)

[przxqgl]

here's another weird thing...

if i drag the music files from the QNAP to the playback window of VLC, i get the error that i reported previously.

however...

if i drag the music files from the QNAP to the VLC icon in my task bar, they will play without giving me that error.

if playback is already in process, the playback jumps from where it is, currently, to the beginning of the first music file i have just dragged to the VLC icon. i have to click the previous file to get it to play back.

when i drag to the VLC icon, they show up as "documents", but when i drag to the playback window, they appear as URIs.