[xubuntu-users] Funny problem with VLC

[Jeffrey Needle]

Well, lsblk gave me the drive mounted at /media/jeff/584C11B03DEE3B5B.  
I went back to VLC, navigated to /media/jeff, and bingo! there it was!  
No idea why it wasn't there the other day!

Thanks so much.

On 06/16/2016 12:23 AM, JMZ wrote:
> Hi Jeffrey,
>
> When a media source is plugged into ubuntu linux, the drive is 
> auto-mounted to /media.  This might not be a good place for your 
> external drive to end up.  See if remounting the drive somewhere else 
> allows you to access your external drive.
>
> 1) Close VLC and open a terminal window.
>
> 2) type 'lsblk'.   (I don't think you will need sudo, but throw a sudo 
> in there if needed.) This will give you a tree diagram of your mounted 
> drives, drive data capacities, and /dev assignments. This should help 
> you track down where your external drive is in the /dev hierarchy.
>
> 3) find and write down the /dev assignment for your external drive.
>
> 4) Y'know what, leave /media as it is.  The external drive can be 
> mounted at two places at once.
>
> 5) Create some directory for the /dev to point to.  You will need to 
> use 'sudo mkdir' off the root, should you wish to create a directory 
> one layer off root (your call).
>
> 6) mount the external drive like this:
>
> ------> (6a) 'sudo mount /dev/[/dev drive assignment]  /[name of 
> target directory], where [/dev drive assignment] is a code such as 
> sda1, sdb2 etc.  [name of target directory] refers to the directory 
> you have just created as a destination for the external drive
>
> Now try accessing your media files off the external drive with VLC, 
> drawing data from the target directory.
>
> Good luck and Happy Motoring,
> Jordan
>
> On 06/16/2016 02:34 AM, Jeffrey Needle wrote:
>> Hi. Just installed Xubuntu, 64-bit.  Fully updated.
>>
>> I prefer VLC for playing media.  For some reason, VLC isn't reading 
>> my external drive where I have the videos I want to watch.  Parole 
>> Media Player finds it just fine.
>>
>> Anyone have any idea how I can fix this?  I've tried navigating to 
>> the drive, but I can't find it anywhere in VLC's program.
>>
>> Many thanks.
>>
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