Bug 508225 - Media Frame Widget will not display pictures from a standard SMB Network Share on a NAS, when given a standard path via dolphin.
Summary: Media Frame Widget will not display pictures from a standard SMB Network Shar...
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: Media Frame widget (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 6.4.4
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Reported: 2025-08-14 07:41 UTC by Ivan Drago
Modified: 2025-08-14 20:13 UTC (History)
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Description Ivan Drago 2025-08-14 07:41:29 UTC
SUMMARY

Media Frame Widget will not display pictures from a standard SMB Network Share on a NAS. 

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1.  Very simply, I have a Network Drive with a Shared Folder. To access my Network Drive in Fedora KDE, I simply open Dolphin File Manager > "Network" > "Shared Folders (SMB)" > "NAS Name", then I see my Shared Folder, I bookmarked them in dolphin and that's it. If I give Media Frame the path location, it will not display any photos. I have confirmed this with two other helpful Redditors on the KDE Subreddit. 
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OBSERVED RESULT
Media Frame does not display any photos.. Interestingly, if I click Media Frame after the path has been setup, it actually opens the path to the NAS and shows me the photos in Dolphin, it just won't display them in the frame. 

EXPECTED RESULT
I give Media Frame the path to my shared folder of photos on my NAS and it should display the photos. 

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Fedora KDE
KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.27.0
Qt Version: 6.9.1

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
From the Redditor who helped me track this bug:

Okay, I can replicate that now I get file:///usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.mediaframe/contents/ui/main.qml:195:17: QML Image: Protocol "smb" is unknown
I browsed for the shared remote directory via smb://<nas_host>/<shared_directory> in Dolphin then bookmarked it
If you mount the drive with CIFS it will work, but this is not ideal for some. This would allow mediaframe to use that path. This needs to be reported as a bug though. So the developers are aware of it at the very least.
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2025-08-14 13:58:48 UTC
Can confirm.