Connect to Server function not working

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tuathanach
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Connect to Server function not working

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Description of problem or question:
Can not get 'Connect to Server' function to work

Steps to reproduce the problem (If Applicable):
1). Click 'Open Source'
2). Click 'Other Locations' on lower left of dialog
3). Enter server address. Have tried x.x.x.x, smb://x.x.x.x, nfs://x.x.x.x (x is placeholder for actual server address)
4). Under no circumstance can I get the 'Connect' button to highlight

HandBrake version (e.g., 1.0.0):
1.1.1

Operating system and version (e.g., Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, macOS 10.13 High Sierra, Windows 10 Creators Update):
Kubuntu 18.0.4

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mduell
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Re: Connect to Server function not working

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An Activity Log is required for support requests. Please read How-to get an activity log? for details on how and why this should be provided.
tuathanach
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Re: Connect to Server function not working

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Actions required to produce error are PRIOR to an Activity Log being generated
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Re: Connect to Server function not working

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Re: Connect to Server function not working

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If you haven't even scanned a source, there is no log ...

I'd need to check with john, but it could be that this functionality which is part of the standard dialog is simply disabled in HandBrake.
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Re: Connect to Server function not working

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If you haven't even scanned a source, there is no log ...

I'd need to check with john, but it could be that this functionality which is part of the standard dialog is simply disabled in HandBrake.
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Re: Connect to Server function not working

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s55 wrote: Sun Aug 05, 2018 8:00 pmIf you haven't even scanned a source, there is no log ...
There should be a log with platform and build info?
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Re: Connect to Server function not working

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IIRC, neither mac or Linux do this.

Edit: I stand corrected. Both do. Must be my bad memory.

"[21:11:49] gtkgui: HandBrake 20180613220725-f1714ec-master (2018061401) - Linux x86_64 - https://handbrake.fr"

@tuathanach -> This is actually useful. Reason being is there are numerous malicious copies of HandBrake floating around on Linux with broken / removed features. Most of these broken versions are in the official repo's sadly.
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Re: Connect to Server function not working

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Re: Connect to Server function not working

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"Other Locations" is a feature of the GTK file open dialog and gnome vfs. HandBrake does nothing special to make this work (or not work as the case seems to be). I just tested this by opening a file that is hosted on my Nextcloud server and reading it across the internet (davs://). To my surprise, it actually worked (I never tried that before). So with a properly configured server and workstation, it does work. I also tested with "ssh://" to verify another type. For whatever reason nfs:// leaves the "Connect" button greyed out. Maybe I'm missing some gnome vfs plugin for that. I don't have any samba shares handy to test.
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Just verified, to make nfs:// enable the "Connect" button, I had to install gvfs-nfs. You are probably missing this and other gvfs plugins necessary for mounting remote file systems.
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