It appears that a quick flash appears in the status bar, in that the 0% changes into 100% just one instant (and thus turns orange).
Furthermore, it appears that with the Xine backend, it can actually open and parse the file in someway, as it shows the correct title of the movie in the title bar. -- Cannot play movies on shared network drive (SMB) using Totem https://launchpad.net/bugs/69504 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs