Playing UNC folders with files

[Rander]

It seems that v1.0 behaves different than the version before.
When I open vlc via command line with an UNC folder, the files inside aren't played anymore.
That has worked before.

Now I get this error for each file:

File reading failed:
VLC could not open the file "\station\music\__Eigenes\Schiller\Sehnsucht\CD 1\Schiller - Sehnsucht - 08 - Let me love you (mit Kim Sanders).mp3".
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'file:////station/music/__Eigenes/Schiller%2FSehnsucht/CD%201/Schiller%20-%20Sehnsucht%20-%2008%20-%20Let%20me%20love%20you%20%28mit%20Kim%20Sanders%29.mp3'. Check the log for details.

Any idea? It seems that VLC is cutting now a backslash too much.

Thanks
Eric

[VLC_help]

https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/2960
should be fixed in next release.

[Taomyn]

This has come back in v1.02 - was ok in v1.01 if I revert back. Broken for File open, drag file/folder onto VLC or Playlist - same thing happens.

Would have followed link to ticket, but site stated it was down for maintenance.

[Rander]

I think, it is still broken (1.02). 1.01 didn't work neither for me.

[zzybaloobah]

Still broken as of 1.0.3 and 1.0.5.

Message log reveals:

• main debug: `directory://\\Ozzy\music_theme\great\Black_Sabbath\Volume_4' successfully opened
  ...
  playlist debug: parsed 4 tracks successfully
  main debug: deleting item `\\Ozzy\music_theme\great\Black_Sabbath\Volume_4'
  main debug: Creating an input for '01_Wheels_Of_Confusion.mp3'
  ...
  main debug: Creating an input for '01_Wheels_Of_Confusion.mp3'
  ...
  main error: cannot open remote file `file://Ozzy/music_theme/great/Black_Sabbath/Volume_4/01_Wheels_Of_Confusion.mp3'
  main info: Did you mean `file:///Ozzy/music_theme/great/Black_Sabbath/Volume_4/01_Wheels_Of_Confusion.mp3'?

[VLC_help]

Have you tested VLC 1.1.0 nightly builds?

[pukko]

I have this problem also when drag&dropping files network from explorer to vlc as well as when starting vlc.exe with the file as argument.

For me it worked in VLC1.0.5, but it does not work with vlc-1.1.0-pre3 or vlc-1.1.0-pre4-20100504-0202

I get this in the log when trying drag&drop (I get no other error message)

Code: Select all

main error: cannot open remote file `file://WHS/Videos/Barnfilm/Djungelboken.1967.avi' main info: Did you mean `file:///WHS/Videos/Barnfilm/Djungelboken.1967.avi'?

(the file path is \\WHS\Videos\Barnfilm\Djungelboken.1967.avi)

I'm using Windows 7 Professional (x64)

[Taomyn]

Same here, wanted to try out 1.1.0-pre3 to see if WMV playback improved (was using 1.05) and found that I could no longer play any files from a UNC path either by double-clicking them in Explorer, dragging to VLC or even from within the player.

Seems this gets broken every other point release

I also saw that the playlist when populated with multiple items was a complete mess with filenames missing and could not be sorted.

I'm running on Win7 Ultimate x32

[StephaneM]

I've been tearing my hair out trying to figure out why this stopped working. Glad I found this thread confirming I'm not crazy. Using 1.0.5 "stable" on Vista. I have the shortcut pointing to "\\192.168.2.1\Passport\Musique", which is a shared USB drive connected to the back of my wireless router (Belkin N+). Used to work fine, but I don't know which version of VLC I was on before the update.
Should I report this somewhere to promote the bug's importance?

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

the UNC bug is only in 1.1.0-pre3 and should be fixed in pre4.

[Taomyn]

the UNC bug is only in 1.1.0-pre3 and should be fixed in pre4.

excellent, but have they figured out why it keeps breaking? as mentioned before, this isn't the first time it been broken and then fixed?

[VLC_help]

File has been modified. There have been some fixed done which have caused new issues.