I forgot to mention the versions: gstreamer0.10-gnomevfs 0.10.9-1ubuntu2 libgstreamer0.10-0 0.10.9-1ubuntu3 rhythmbox 0.9.5-1ubuntu5 libgnomevfs2-0 2.16.0-0ubuntu1 -- [edgy] gstreamer, rhythmbox won't read files over smb https://launchpad.net/bugs/60326