i was going to watch some old flv videos and vlc cant open folder via media/directory
in the folder selection, i find the folder but will not do anything
i was wondering if it was a problem with the partition perhaps, because if i open each file, it opens it normally but when i select from file or from the file browser, no folders
If VLC was installed as a Flatpak, I would first check the sandbox permissions: it may be allowed to open a single file through the portal but not browse/read the whole folder. In Flatseal, give VLC access to that videos directory (or test once with the Fedora/RPM Fusion VLC package). Also check the folder permissions with ls -ld /path/to/folder and one of the files; if the directory lacks execute/read permission for your user, folder selection will fail even when a previously chosen file still opens.
i never done anything related about flatseal so i had to look for it, it is a gui to manage permissions, vlc doesnt show up there, only librewolf, avidemux and document scanner that are the flatpak packages i installed some time ago
about partition and folder permissions, i notice a error in the partition that shows up in one side and not another, i moved a folder a week or two ago, file browser sees it as a garbled name that i never wrote 29ab57ee-2d80-452b-9d78-5bd78bf90ac6, this weird name shows up when i try to copy the entire route of the folder, but not when i am using it normally, or via vlc or when just looking at it
vlc does not see anything with such name, only the folder in the new location i created weeks ago
i tried kde partition manager, unmounted the ssd and ran the tool to check for errors but reports no errors, will reboot to see if that helps
that partition and all the folders have full read and write permissions for me, the owner, only user of this machine
it was working last week before the recent big updates, so i am a big confused tbh
thank you for your reply, no, vlc is not a fltpak in my case, i just checked
about that long name, might be a way to give a internal name to the partition mounted?
/run/media/myname/29ab57ee-2d80-452b-9d78-5bd78bf90ac6
i assume it is mounted under /run/media with that name, does it have to be mounted there?
I’ve not bothered with VLC for several years now - mpv seems to be superior in every respect and it’s installed by default, I believe.
in my fedora, no such thing as mpv, never heard of it, i see kamoso
i personally have used vlc for so long, i cant see myself not using it
That is the UUID name of the file system mounted there
There is a plugin for vlc that might be of interest.
vlc-plugins-freeworld.x86_64 3.0.22-2.fc44 rpmfusion-free
Also, since the path you show is the one used by udev to mount an external device (usb) the directory permissions may not be correct.
Please compare the output of ls -ld /run/media/myname/29ab57ee-2d80-452b-9d78-5bd78bf90ac6 and ls -ld /run/media/myname/29ab57ee-2d80-452b-9d78-5bd78bf90ac6/* to see if there are differences in permissions for the directory and the content.
I have vlc installed, along with that plugin and it works for me.
Note also that you must have either libavcodec-freeworld or the full ffmpeg from rpmfusion installed in order to play many videos. This is a result of the limited codec selection provided by a default fedora installation.
To install the full ffmpeg package (I prefer ffmpeg) first enable the rpmfusion repo then use sudo dnf swap ffmpeg-free ffmpeg --allowerasing. (It will remove several conflicting packages but that is normal and expected)
You also would want to ensure the full multimedia package is installed. After enabling the rpmfusion repos as shown just above follow the instructions here.
I’ve noticed the same thing happening after a (recent-ish?) update to VLC. I haven’t yet tried to downgrade. I currently have vlc-1:3.0.23-10.fc44 installed.
thank you for your reply, i think i had a mix of two problems(perhaps)
when i was searching in discover for vlc, to see if i had that section of rpm fusion repo selected and enabled(i could swear i used it for vlc to have the libraries to support all formats), discover told me i had two options for vlc, one that comes from fedora i imagine and the flatpak, i decided to remove the fedora one and installed flatpak
when i was going to look for the exact name of the folder to test the second part of your reply about folder and partition permissions, something hit me, the name of the new folder i created, had a blank space and it felt like it could be a problem(my imagination i guess), something like ds af, but i changed the name to ds_af and the folder opens, just like before, problem solved
just to discard that the problem wasnt the name(sort of narrow the problem by the things tried)i renamed it without the underscore as it was before and still works, perhaps i didnt had problems with the partition itself as i believed, it was just vlc integration with kde 6.7.1 being funny, as i mentioned, it was doing fine before 6.7.1, so something must had changed between those versions and flatpak version fixes or skips that problem
$ sudo dnf list --installed vlc*
Installed packages (available for reinstall, available for upgrade)
vlc.x86_64 1:3.0.23-10.fc44 updates
vlc-cli.x86_64 1:3.0.23-10.fc44 updates
vlc-gui-qt.x86_64 1:3.0.23-10.fc44 updates
vlc-gui-skins2.x86_64 1:3.0.23-10.fc44 updates
vlc-libs.x86_64 1:3.0.23-10.fc44 updates
vlc-plugin-ffmpeg.x86_64 1:3.0.23-10.fc44 updates
vlc-plugin-gnome.x86_64 1:3.0.23-10.fc44 updates
vlc-plugin-kde.x86_64 1:3.0.23-10.fc44 updates
vlc-plugin-lua.x86_64 1:3.0.23-10.fc44 updates
vlc-plugin-notify.x86_64 1:3.0.23-10.fc44 updates
vlc-plugin-pipewire.x86_64 3-7.fc44 fedora
vlc-plugin-pulseaudio.x86_64 1:3.0.23-10.fc44 updates
vlc-plugin-visualization.x86_64 1:3.0.23-10.fc44 updates
vlc-plugins-base.x86_64 1:3.0.23-10.fc44 updates
vlc-plugins-extra.x86_64 1:3.0.23-10.fc44 updates
vlc-plugins-freeworld.x86_64 3.0.22-2.fc44 rpmfusion-free
vlc-plugins-video-out.x86_64 1:3.0.23-10.fc44 updates
This is from my f44 system that was upgraded from f43. It works perfectly using the rpm version of vlc.
Note also that my user is a member of both these groups that may or may not affect the ability to play videos. video & render
well, i am just reporting what i found, because that command shows basically the same you show there with the exception of gstreamer that afik i dont need for vlc, other tools might need it
it is pointless to mention permissions that were not touched and remain as they should, because i already confirmed i was owner of partition and folders in it and the change fixed the problem, use flatpak instead of the other version