I've tried it, and Totem does indeed fail at loading a directory loaded over an SSH connection (using either ssh:// or sftp://), although it works with files over SSH, and files and directories over other VFSes such as SMB. Confirming.
** Changed in: totem (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed -- Totem doesn't handle sftp directory properly https://launchpad.net/bugs/41437 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs