VLC won't open video files from a secondary interal hard disk
I have installed Ubuntu 16.10 on a 120GB hard drisk (sda) and I have a secondary interal hard disk 500GB (sdc) which has nothing else but a folder with video files in it.
When I try to open a video with VLC on that sdc drive I get this error
File reading failed:
VLC could not open the file "/media/"username"/"hardisksdcname"/Videos/"videofoldername"/"videoname".avi" (Permission denied).
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'file:///media/"username"/"harddisksdcname"/Videos/"videofoldername"/"videoname".avi'. Check the log for details.
The permissions are "read and write" for all (root and others).
When I copy the video to my desktop and then try to play it with VLC (from the desktop source copy) it works but when I try to strictly play it from my SDC hard drive this error appears.
I don't know where VLC stores its log file..
This is how my devices show up
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
loop1 7:1 0 115M 0 loop /snap/vlc/4 ***<--whats that?***
sdb 8:16 0 447,1G 0 disk
sr0 11:0 1 1,1G 0 rom /media/papajo/Ubuntu 15.10 amd64
loop2 7:2 0 228K 0 loop /snap/htop/68
loop0 7:0 0 76M 0 loop /snap/core/714
sdc 8:32 0 465,8G 0 disk
└─sdc1 8:33 0 465,8G 0 part
sda 8:0 0 119,2G 0 disk
├─sda2 8:2 0 102,8G 0 part /
├─sda3 8:3 0 16G 0 part [SWAP]
└─sda1 8:1 0 512M 0 part /boot/efi
sr1 11:1 1 1,5G 0 rom /media/papajo/Ubuntu 16.10 amd64
permissions vlc
edited Dec 12 '18 at 13:48
Zanna
50k13131239
asked Jan 23 '17 at 21:59
papajo
7822721
add a comment |
I have installed Ubuntu 16.10 on a 120GB hard drisk (sda) and I have a secondary interal hard disk 500GB (sdc) which has nothing else but a folder with video files in it.
When I try to open a video with VLC on that sdc drive I get this error
File reading failed:
VLC could not open the file "/media/"username"/"hardisksdcname"/Videos/"videofoldername"/"videoname".avi" (Permission denied).
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'file:///media/"username"/"harddisksdcname"/Videos/"videofoldername"/"videoname".avi'. Check the log for details.
The permissions are "read and write" for all (root and others).
When I copy the video to my desktop and then try to play it with VLC (from the desktop source copy) it works but when I try to strictly play it from my SDC hard drive this error appears.
I don't know where VLC stores its log file..
This is how my devices show up
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
loop1 7:1 0 115M 0 loop /snap/vlc/4 ***<--whats that?***
sdb 8:16 0 447,1G 0 disk
sr0 11:0 1 1,1G 0 rom /media/papajo/Ubuntu 15.10 amd64
loop2 7:2 0 228K 0 loop /snap/htop/68
loop0 7:0 0 76M 0 loop /snap/core/714
sdc 8:32 0 465,8G 0 disk
└─sdc1 8:33 0 465,8G 0 part
sda 8:0 0 119,2G 0 disk
├─sda2 8:2 0 102,8G 0 part /
├─sda3 8:3 0 16G 0 part [SWAP]
└─sda1 8:1 0 512M 0 part /boot/efi
sr1 11:1 1 1,5G 0 rom /media/papajo/Ubuntu 16.10 amd64
permissions vlc
edited Dec 12 '18 at 13:48
Zanna
50k13131239
asked Jan 23 '17 at 21:59
papajo
7822721
Have you tried a different video player such as Videos?
– Bob
Jan 23 '17 at 23:17
the default video player can access those files but I want vlc to do it.. on my previous installation it worked fine...
– papajo
Jan 23 '17 at 23:18
Oh well,the only other thing I can think of is to remove and reinstall VLC,but you probably tried that.Sorry,I don't use VLC;so that's the limit of my (Ha)expertise.
– Bob
Jan 23 '17 at 23:28
add a comment |
I have installed Ubuntu 16.10 on a 120GB hard drisk (sda) and I have a secondary interal hard disk 500GB (sdc) which has nothing else but a folder with video files in it.
When I try to open a video with VLC on that sdc drive I get this error
File reading failed:
VLC could not open the file "/media/"username"/"hardisksdcname"/Videos/"videofoldername"/"videoname".avi" (Permission denied).
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'file:///media/"username"/"harddisksdcname"/Videos/"videofoldername"/"videoname".avi'. Check the log for details.
The permissions are "read and write" for all (root and others).
When I copy the video to my desktop and then try to play it with VLC (from the desktop source copy) it works but when I try to strictly play it from my SDC hard drive this error appears.
I don't know where VLC stores its log file..
This is how my devices show up
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
loop1 7:1 0 115M 0 loop /snap/vlc/4 ***<--whats that?***
sdb 8:16 0 447,1G 0 disk
sr0 11:0 1 1,1G 0 rom /media/papajo/Ubuntu 15.10 amd64
loop2 7:2 0 228K 0 loop /snap/htop/68
loop0 7:0 0 76M 0 loop /snap/core/714
sdc 8:32 0 465,8G 0 disk
└─sdc1 8:33 0 465,8G 0 part
sda 8:0 0 119,2G 0 disk
├─sda2 8:2 0 102,8G 0 part /
├─sda3 8:3 0 16G 0 part [SWAP]
└─sda1 8:1 0 512M 0 part /boot/efi
sr1 11:1 1 1,5G 0 rom /media/papajo/Ubuntu 16.10 amd64
permissions vlc
edited Dec 12 '18 at 13:48
Zanna
50k13131239
asked Jan 23 '17 at 21:59
papajo
7822721
I have installed Ubuntu 16.10 on a 120GB hard drisk (sda) and I have a secondary interal hard disk 500GB (sdc) which has nothing else but a folder with video files in it.
When I try to open a video with VLC on that sdc drive I get this error
File reading failed:
VLC could not open the file "/media/"username"/"hardisksdcname"/Videos/"videofoldername"/"videoname".avi" (Permission denied).
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'file:///media/"username"/"harddisksdcname"/Videos/"videofoldername"/"videoname".avi'. Check the log for details.
The permissions are "read and write" for all (root and others).
When I copy the video to my desktop and then try to play it with VLC (from the desktop source copy) it works but when I try to strictly play it from my SDC hard drive this error appears.
I don't know where VLC stores its log file..
This is how my devices show up
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
loop1 7:1 0 115M 0 loop /snap/vlc/4 ***<--whats that?***
sdb 8:16 0 447,1G 0 disk
sr0 11:0 1 1,1G 0 rom /media/papajo/Ubuntu 15.10 amd64
loop2 7:2 0 228K 0 loop /snap/htop/68
loop0 7:0 0 76M 0 loop /snap/core/714
sdc 8:32 0 465,8G 0 disk
└─sdc1 8:33 0 465,8G 0 part
sda 8:0 0 119,2G 0 disk
├─sda2 8:2 0 102,8G 0 part /
├─sda3 8:3 0 16G 0 part [SWAP]
└─sda1 8:1 0 512M 0 part /boot/efi
sr1 11:1 1 1,5G 0 rom /media/papajo/Ubuntu 16.10 amd64
permissions vlc
permissions vlc
edited Dec 12 '18 at 13:48
Zanna
50k13131239
asked Jan 23 '17 at 21:59
papajo
7822721
edited Dec 12 '18 at 13:48
Zanna
50k13131239
asked Jan 23 '17 at 21:59
papajo
7822721
edited Dec 12 '18 at 13:48
Zanna
50k13131239
edited Dec 12 '18 at 13:48
Zanna
50k13131239
edited Dec 12 '18 at 13:48
Zanna
50k13131239
50k13131239
asked Jan 23 '17 at 21:59
papajo
7822721
asked Jan 23 '17 at 21:59
papajo
7822721
asked Jan 23 '17 at 21:59
papajo
7822721
7822721
Have you tried a different video player such as Videos?
– Bob
Jan 23 '17 at 23:17
the default video player can access those files but I want vlc to do it.. on my previous installation it worked fine...
– papajo
Jan 23 '17 at 23:18
Oh well,the only other thing I can think of is to remove and reinstall VLC,but you probably tried that.Sorry,I don't use VLC;so that's the limit of my (Ha)expertise.
– Bob
Jan 23 '17 at 23:28
add a comment |
Have you tried a different video player such as Videos?
– Bob
Jan 23 '17 at 23:17
the default video player can access those files but I want vlc to do it.. on my previous installation it worked fine...
– papajo
Jan 23 '17 at 23:18
Oh well,the only other thing I can think of is to remove and reinstall VLC,but you probably tried that.Sorry,I don't use VLC;so that's the limit of my (Ha)expertise.
– Bob
Jan 23 '17 at 23:28
Have you tried a different video player such as Videos?
– Bob
Jan 23 '17 at 23:17
Have you tried a different video player such as Videos?
– Bob
Jan 23 '17 at 23:17
the default video player can access those files but I want vlc to do it.. on my previous installation it worked fine...
– papajo
Jan 23 '17 at 23:18
the default video player can access those files but I want vlc to do it.. on my previous installation it worked fine...
– papajo
Jan 23 '17 at 23:18
Oh well,the only other thing I can think of is to remove and reinstall VLC,but you probably tried that.Sorry,I don't use VLC;so that's the limit of my (Ha)expertise.
– Bob
Jan 23 '17 at 23:28
Oh well,the only other thing I can think of is to remove and reinstall VLC,but you probably tried that.Sorry,I don't use VLC;so that's the limit of my (Ha)expertise.
– Bob
Jan 23 '17 at 23:28
add a comment |
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If you're using the snap vlc, by default it'll be confined. To get around that, remove it:
sudo snap remove vlc
Then install from the command line:
sudo snap install --classic vlc
This will allow browsing & loading files outside of $HOME
Please note: that on 16.04 with current snapd package this is no longer needed, vlc can browse mounted volumes, obviously same is true for 18.04.
--classic is basically the old --devmode option.
Though atm there seems no way to use hardware decoding with snaps, if that matters to you...
edited Dec 12 '18 at 13:49
Zanna
50k13131239
answered Feb 23 '17 at 1:15
doug
14.1k13552
1
Still doesnt work... what matters to me is to have it the old way... I dont know what snaps are why are they good I dont want them or have any use for them every program that uses snaps is problematic for me... and they make a mess I have like 10 "snaps" partitions of a few MB each which I never created...
– papajo
Apr 23 '17 at 13:53
Then remove the snap & install the repo vlc that's packaged as a .deb
– doug
Apr 23 '17 at 21:53
how? (not only how to remove the snap version of vlc but the snaps themselves too ) because sudo snap remove vlc doesnt do the trick
– papajo
May 7 '17 at 7:37
1
What do you mean 'doesn't do the trick'?, run the command, copy & paste the results to a pastebin or just ask on ubuntu forums which is more suitable to interactive problem solving.
– doug
May 7 '17 at 21:40
2
I still have the same problem with Ubuntu 18.04!
– Peshmerge
May 15 '18 at 8:39
|
show 3 more comments
sudo snap remove vlc
Then install it using APT:
sudo apt-get install vlc
edited Dec 12 '18 at 13:51
Zanna
50k13131239
answered Dec 12 '18 at 11:43
Andrei Gabriel Grimpels
1
2
This is a copy of @doug answer above ... just without useful commentaries.
– Soren A
Dec 12 '18 at 14:51
sudo snap install --classic vlcdidn't work for me. I installed it using apt and only after that was it loading files outside of $HOME
– Andrei Gabriel Grimpels
Dec 16 '18 at 8:40
add a comment |
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If you're using the snap vlc, by default it'll be confined. To get around that, remove it:
sudo snap remove vlc
Then install from the command line:
sudo snap install --classic vlc
This will allow browsing & loading files outside of $HOME
Please note: that on 16.04 with current snapd package this is no longer needed, vlc can browse mounted volumes, obviously same is true for 18.04.
--classic is basically the old --devmode option.
Though atm there seems no way to use hardware decoding with snaps, if that matters to you...
edited Dec 12 '18 at 13:49
Zanna
50k13131239
answered Feb 23 '17 at 1:15
doug
14.1k13552
1
Still doesnt work... what matters to me is to have it the old way... I dont know what snaps are why are they good I dont want them or have any use for them every program that uses snaps is problematic for me... and they make a mess I have like 10 "snaps" partitions of a few MB each which I never created...
– papajo
Apr 23 '17 at 13:53
Then remove the snap & install the repo vlc that's packaged as a .deb
– doug
Apr 23 '17 at 21:53
how? (not only how to remove the snap version of vlc but the snaps themselves too ) because sudo snap remove vlc doesnt do the trick
– papajo
May 7 '17 at 7:37
1
What do you mean 'doesn't do the trick'?, run the command, copy & paste the results to a pastebin or just ask on ubuntu forums which is more suitable to interactive problem solving.
– doug
May 7 '17 at 21:40
2
I still have the same problem with Ubuntu 18.04!
– Peshmerge
May 15 '18 at 8:39
|
show 3 more comments
If you're using the snap vlc, by default it'll be confined. To get around that, remove it:
sudo snap remove vlc
Then install from the command line:
sudo snap install --classic vlc
This will allow browsing & loading files outside of $HOME
Please note: that on 16.04 with current snapd package this is no longer needed, vlc can browse mounted volumes, obviously same is true for 18.04.
--classic is basically the old --devmode option.
Though atm there seems no way to use hardware decoding with snaps, if that matters to you...
edited Dec 12 '18 at 13:49
Zanna
50k13131239
answered Feb 23 '17 at 1:15
doug
14.1k13552
1
Still doesnt work... what matters to me is to have it the old way... I dont know what snaps are why are they good I dont want them or have any use for them every program that uses snaps is problematic for me... and they make a mess I have like 10 "snaps" partitions of a few MB each which I never created...
– papajo
Apr 23 '17 at 13:53
Then remove the snap & install the repo vlc that's packaged as a .deb
– doug
Apr 23 '17 at 21:53
how? (not only how to remove the snap version of vlc but the snaps themselves too ) because sudo snap remove vlc doesnt do the trick
– papajo
May 7 '17 at 7:37
1
What do you mean 'doesn't do the trick'?, run the command, copy & paste the results to a pastebin or just ask on ubuntu forums which is more suitable to interactive problem solving.
– doug
May 7 '17 at 21:40
2
I still have the same problem with Ubuntu 18.04!
– Peshmerge
May 15 '18 at 8:39
|
show 3 more comments
If you're using the snap vlc, by default it'll be confined. To get around that, remove it:
sudo snap remove vlc
Then install from the command line:
sudo snap install --classic vlc
This will allow browsing & loading files outside of $HOME
Please note: that on 16.04 with current snapd package this is no longer needed, vlc can browse mounted volumes, obviously same is true for 18.04.
--classic is basically the old --devmode option.
Though atm there seems no way to use hardware decoding with snaps, if that matters to you...
edited Dec 12 '18 at 13:49
Zanna
50k13131239
answered Feb 23 '17 at 1:15
doug
14.1k13552
If you're using the snap vlc, by default it'll be confined. To get around that, remove it:
sudo snap remove vlc
Then install from the command line:
sudo snap install --classic vlc
This will allow browsing & loading files outside of $HOME
Please note: that on 16.04 with current snapd package this is no longer needed, vlc can browse mounted volumes, obviously same is true for 18.04.
--classic is basically the old --devmode option.
Though atm there seems no way to use hardware decoding with snaps, if that matters to you...
edited Dec 12 '18 at 13:49
Zanna
50k13131239
answered Feb 23 '17 at 1:15
doug
14.1k13552
edited Dec 12 '18 at 13:49
Zanna
50k13131239
edited Dec 12 '18 at 13:49
Zanna
50k13131239
edited Dec 12 '18 at 13:49
Zanna
50k13131239
50k13131239
answered Feb 23 '17 at 1:15
doug
14.1k13552
answered Feb 23 '17 at 1:15
doug
14.1k13552
answered Feb 23 '17 at 1:15
doug
14.1k13552
14.1k13552
1
Still doesnt work... what matters to me is to have it the old way... I dont know what snaps are why are they good I dont want them or have any use for them every program that uses snaps is problematic for me... and they make a mess I have like 10 "snaps" partitions of a few MB each which I never created...
– papajo
Apr 23 '17 at 13:53
Then remove the snap & install the repo vlc that's packaged as a .deb
– doug
Apr 23 '17 at 21:53
how? (not only how to remove the snap version of vlc but the snaps themselves too ) because sudo snap remove vlc doesnt do the trick
– papajo
May 7 '17 at 7:37
1
What do you mean 'doesn't do the trick'?, run the command, copy & paste the results to a pastebin or just ask on ubuntu forums which is more suitable to interactive problem solving.
– doug
May 7 '17 at 21:40
2
I still have the same problem with Ubuntu 18.04!
– Peshmerge
May 15 '18 at 8:39
|
show 3 more comments
1
Still doesnt work... what matters to me is to have it the old way... I dont know what snaps are why are they good I dont want them or have any use for them every program that uses snaps is problematic for me... and they make a mess I have like 10 "snaps" partitions of a few MB each which I never created...
– papajo
Apr 23 '17 at 13:53
Then remove the snap & install the repo vlc that's packaged as a .deb
– doug
Apr 23 '17 at 21:53
how? (not only how to remove the snap version of vlc but the snaps themselves too ) because sudo snap remove vlc doesnt do the trick
– papajo
May 7 '17 at 7:37
1
What do you mean 'doesn't do the trick'?, run the command, copy & paste the results to a pastebin or just ask on ubuntu forums which is more suitable to interactive problem solving.
– doug
May 7 '17 at 21:40
2
I still have the same problem with Ubuntu 18.04!
– Peshmerge
May 15 '18 at 8:39
1
1
Still doesnt work... what matters to me is to have it the old way... I dont know what snaps are why are they good I dont want them or have any use for them every program that uses snaps is problematic for me... and they make a mess I have like 10 "snaps" partitions of a few MB each which I never created...
– papajo
Apr 23 '17 at 13:53
Still doesnt work... what matters to me is to have it the old way... I dont know what snaps are why are they good I dont want them or have any use for them every program that uses snaps is problematic for me... and they make a mess I have like 10 "snaps" partitions of a few MB each which I never created...
– papajo
Apr 23 '17 at 13:53
Then remove the snap & install the repo vlc that's packaged as a .deb
– doug
Apr 23 '17 at 21:53
Then remove the snap & install the repo vlc that's packaged as a .deb
– doug
Apr 23 '17 at 21:53
how? (not only how to remove the snap version of vlc but the snaps themselves too ) because sudo snap remove vlc doesnt do the trick
– papajo
May 7 '17 at 7:37
how? (not only how to remove the snap version of vlc but the snaps themselves too ) because sudo snap remove vlc doesnt do the trick
– papajo
May 7 '17 at 7:37
1
1
What do you mean 'doesn't do the trick'?, run the command, copy & paste the results to a pastebin or just ask on ubuntu forums which is more suitable to interactive problem solving.
– doug
May 7 '17 at 21:40
What do you mean 'doesn't do the trick'?, run the command, copy & paste the results to a pastebin or just ask on ubuntu forums which is more suitable to interactive problem solving.
– doug
May 7 '17 at 21:40
2
2
I still have the same problem with Ubuntu 18.04!
– Peshmerge
May 15 '18 at 8:39
I still have the same problem with Ubuntu 18.04!
– Peshmerge
May 15 '18 at 8:39
|
show 3 more comments
sudo snap remove vlc
Then install it using APT:
sudo apt-get install vlc
edited Dec 12 '18 at 13:51
Zanna
50k13131239
answered Dec 12 '18 at 11:43
Andrei Gabriel Grimpels
1
2
This is a copy of @doug answer above ... just without useful commentaries.
– Soren A
Dec 12 '18 at 14:51
sudo snap install --classic vlcdidn't work for me. I installed it using apt and only after that was it loading files outside of $HOME
– Andrei Gabriel Grimpels
Dec 16 '18 at 8:40
add a comment |
sudo snap remove vlc
Then install it using APT:
sudo apt-get install vlc
edited Dec 12 '18 at 13:51
Zanna
50k13131239
answered Dec 12 '18 at 11:43
Andrei Gabriel Grimpels
1
2
This is a copy of @doug answer above ... just without useful commentaries.
– Soren A
Dec 12 '18 at 14:51
sudo snap install --classic vlcdidn't work for me. I installed it using apt and only after that was it loading files outside of $HOME
– Andrei Gabriel Grimpels
Dec 16 '18 at 8:40
add a comment |
sudo snap remove vlc
Then install it using APT:
sudo apt-get install vlc
edited Dec 12 '18 at 13:51
Zanna
50k13131239
answered Dec 12 '18 at 11:43
Andrei Gabriel Grimpels
1
sudo snap remove vlc
Then install it using APT:
sudo apt-get install vlc
edited Dec 12 '18 at 13:51
Zanna
50k13131239
answered Dec 12 '18 at 11:43
Andrei Gabriel Grimpels
1
edited Dec 12 '18 at 13:51
Zanna
50k13131239
edited Dec 12 '18 at 13:51
Zanna
50k13131239
edited Dec 12 '18 at 13:51
Zanna
50k13131239
50k13131239
answered Dec 12 '18 at 11:43
Andrei Gabriel Grimpels
1
answered Dec 12 '18 at 11:43
Andrei Gabriel Grimpels
1
answered Dec 12 '18 at 11:43
Andrei Gabriel Grimpels
1
1
2
This is a copy of @doug answer above ... just without useful commentaries.
– Soren A
Dec 12 '18 at 14:51
sudo snap install --classic vlcdidn't work for me. I installed it using apt and only after that was it loading files outside of $HOME
– Andrei Gabriel Grimpels
Dec 16 '18 at 8:40
add a comment |
2
This is a copy of @doug answer above ... just without useful commentaries.
– Soren A
Dec 12 '18 at 14:51
sudo snap install --classic vlcdidn't work for me. I installed it using apt and only after that was it loading files outside of $HOME
– Andrei Gabriel Grimpels
Dec 16 '18 at 8:40
2
2
This is a copy of @doug answer above ... just without useful commentaries.
– Soren A
Dec 12 '18 at 14:51
This is a copy of @doug answer above ... just without useful commentaries.
– Soren A
Dec 12 '18 at 14:51
sudo snap install --classic vlc didn't work for me. I installed it using apt and only after that was it loading files outside of $HOME– Andrei Gabriel Grimpels
Dec 16 '18 at 8:40
sudo snap install --classic vlc didn't work for me. I installed it using apt and only after that was it loading files outside of $HOME– Andrei Gabriel Grimpels
Dec 16 '18 at 8:40
add a comment |
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Have you tried a different video player such as Videos?
– Bob
Jan 23 '17 at 23:17
the default video player can access those files but I want vlc to do it.. on my previous installation it worked fine...
– papajo
Jan 23 '17 at 23:18
Oh well,the only other thing I can think of is to remove and reinstall VLC,but you probably tried that.Sorry,I don't use VLC;so that's the limit of my (Ha)expertise.
– Bob
Jan 23 '17 at 23:28