Bug 341585

Summary: Can't use an absolute path to a file as a notification sound
Product: [Frameworks and Libraries] phonon-backend-vlc Reporter: Anthony Vital <anthony.vital>
Component: generalAssignee: Olivier Goffart <ogoffart>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal CC: bcooksley, e.m.a.t.i.r.o.v, fabo, jb, myriam
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: unspecified   
Target Milestone: 0.8   
Platform: Arch Linux   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Anthony Vital 2014-12-05 16:48:48 UTC 
If I want to specify a custom file as a sound notification with an absolute path (for example by using the file picker), it doesn't work. 
If the file I want to use is /home/username/test.ogg, phonon(-vlc in my case) complains that it can't open //home/username/.local/share//home/username/test.ogg.
Only relative paths from /usr/share/sounds/ seem to work.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open kcmshell5 kcmnotify in a console 
2. Pick a source and a notification, enable "play a sound"
3. Use the file picker to choose a file.  Now the file path is abosolute.
4. Click "play"

Actual Results:  
No sound, phonon-vlc complains it can't find //home/username/.local/share/*absolute path to file specified*

Expected Results:  
This should work.
Comment 1 Mikhail Ivchenko 2014-12-09 16:57:29 UTC 
Commented by GCI student: 
Hello. Possibly it's this bug again: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=291333
Setting relative path works for me. (KF5 install from Kubuntu CI unstable daily, System Settings version: 5.1.90 )