playing video from a Server2k3 share

[Billy Crook]

Many GNU/Linux programs don't handle directly accessing files on other
machines the way programs can in Windows (UNC paths).  This has to do with
that dynamic UNC handing being part of your desktop manager rather than
lower down in the software, so Gnome has its way to do it, and so does KDE.
So what you do is 'mount' those UNC paths to a directory on your machine.
Below, we make a directory to mount to (I chose
/mnt/YourServerName/YourShareName).

mkdir -p /mnt/YourServerName/YourShareName
mount -t cifs //YourServerName/YourShareName
/mnt/YourServerName/YourShareName -o
user=<YourWindowsUserName>,pass=<YourWindowsPassword>

Now the contents of //YourServerName/YourShareName will appear as if it were
in /mnt/YourServerName/YourShareName on the linux machine.  But if you
reboot you would have to re run the mount command, and that would be the
suck.  So there's this file called /etc/fstab, and you want to add the
following line to it.  This file lists things to be automounted when you
boot up.

//YourServerName/YourShareName  /mnt/YourServerName/YourShareName
user=<YourWindowsUserName>,pass=<YourWindowsPassword> 0 0

-Billy

On 10/10/07, Michael Haworth <rddesign at darkroad.com> wrote:
>
> Alright, I have tried this by myself for three nights now, and I am tapped
> out. I am running Ubuntu 7.04 on a machine that I am going to be hooking
> up
> to my entertainment center (to replace the media center computer that is
> full of endless blue-screens). At this point, the only thing holding this
> back is that I can't get mplayer (or VLC, totem, etc.) to play the video
> from the share (on a server 2k3 machine), they return an error that there
> is
> 'no input plugin to handle the location of this movie' - totally stumped.
> Here are the steps that I have tried so far.
>
> (server side)
> Start -> All Programs -> Administrative Tools -> Domain Controller
> Security
> Policy, then went to Local Policies: Security Options, and changed:
>
> * Microsoft Network Server: Digitally sign communications (always):
> DISABLED
> * Microsoft Network Server: Digitally sign communications (if client
> agrees): ENABLED
> * Microsoft Network Client: Digitally sign communications (always):
> DISABLED
> * Microsoft Network Client: Digitally sign communications (if server
> agrees): ENABLED
> * Domain Member: Digitally encrypt or sign secure data channel (always):
> DISABLED
> * Domain Member: Digitally encrypt secure data channel (when possible):
> ENABLED
> * Domain Member: Digitally sign secure data channel (when possible):
> ENABLED
>
> I have set appropriate permissions on the shares and the ntfs folders
>
> (client side)
> * Installed the codec packs from automatix
> * Installed smbfs & smbclient
> * Followed (or tried to) the directions at
>
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=280473&highlight=mounting+smb+share
> s
> * Also mapped the drives through the 'Connect to Server' under Places
>
> If I copy a file to the local drive, it plays fine, so I know that I have
> the correct codecs and permissions, all I need to figure out is how to fix
> this last minor issue...
>
> Any help is appreciated
> Michael
>
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