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I often play videos and like to select multiple files. The problem is, if the files are not on the main drive, say in the 'video' or 'download' directories, I don't see a way to access them.
I go to the file menu and select to open multiple files, but don't seem to be able to navigate to my usb drive. I have a drive connected to my usb port but I can't navigate to it. Anyone know how that's done?
Thanks

P Simdars
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You can check if vlc is installed via apt

apt-cache policy vlc

or via snap

snap list vlc

I have checked and it works for me in both cases to play a file in a USB pendrive or USB SSD drive.

The partition, where you have the video file(s), must be mounted. Directories in USB drives are often automatically mounted, when you connect a USB drive. Check if it is mounted with the following command,

df

or if you want more details the following command in a wide terminal window,

lsblk -o name,size,fstype,label,mountpoint,model

The ownership and permissions of Microsoft file systems might prevent access, and you should unmount and mount again with suitable permissions. It is also possible that the partition with video files is not mounted.

In such cases you can mount it manually, for example with a mount command.

sudo umount /dev/sdxn            # unmount if necessary
sudo mkdir /mnt/usbxn            # create mountpoint only once

sudo mount -o rw,user,uid=1000,dmask=007,fmask=117 /dev/sdxn /mnt/usbxn

where x is the drive letter and n is the partition number. Modify if necessary, for example the uid number if not the 'first user'.

See a detailed description in this link to an answer to another question at AskUbuntu.

Edit: If you still have problems, when running the snap version, please remove it and install the apt version.

sudodus
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