[SOLVED] VLC 2.0 and smb

I just upgraded to VLC 2.0 and now I cannot open video files from samba shares.
Here's the error message from the GUI:
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'smb://windows-pc/filename.mkv'. Check the log for details.
Here's the relevant message that I got from the debug log:
main warning: cannot load module `/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/access/libaccess_smb_plugin.so' (/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/access/libaccess_smb_plugin.so: undefined symbol: smbc_init)
main error: corrupt module: /usr/lib/vlc/plugins/access/libaccess_smb_plugin.so
main debug: no access module matching "smb" could be loaded
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.339 ms - Total 0.339 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.339 ms)
main error: open of `smb://windows-pc/filename.mkv' failed
I do have smbclient installed, so I'm not sure what's going on.
Last edited by sib null (2012-02-24 02:02:12)

Maki wrote:As i can see vlc uses the Kde file dialog, so smb:// is an KIO module http://www.jfdesignnet.com/?p=1281 .
I actually have the implemented the solution described in that blog post (the .desktop one).
The problem that I am currently experiencing is a different one.  The blog post described a problem where the file opened from the network share would be copied locally, then opened for playback.  The solution allows vlc to use the smb protocol and essentially stream it off the network.
My problem is, while the previous version of vlc worked perfectly, version 2.0 would not stream at all.  Something seems to be wrong with the smb plugin in vlc.  The key part I believe is the "undefined symbol: smbc_init" in the debug log.  I guess it somehow cannot find or initialize the smbclient.  Is anyone else having this problem?
Last edited by sib null (2012-02-20 03:16:46)

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