how to play media files on NAS

[Mick M.]

Hi;
  I have set up a small NAS with multimedia files on it.
I can read/write/delete fine.
However if I want to play a file I run into problems.

Kaffeine says:
Cannot find input plugin for MRL "ftp://192.168.1.106/data/mick/COMBO%20MUSIC%20VIDEO/0000---MP4/Fish_Go_Deep_ft_Tracey_K_-__The_Cure___The_Cause__Dennis_Ferrer_Remix__HD.mp4".


Cannot find input plugin for MRL "smb://192.168.1.106/sh_mick/COMBO%20MUSIC%20VIDEO/0000---MP4/Fish_Go_Deep_ft_Tracey_K_-_The_Cure___The_Cause__Dennis_Ferrer_Remix__HD.mp4".

VLC will play the ftp://, but ...

Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'smb://192.168.1.106/sh_mick/COMBO%20MUSIC%20VIDEO/0000---MP4/Fish_Go_Deep_ft_Tracey_K_-_The_Cure___The_Cause__Dennis_Ferrer_Remix__HD.mp4'.

This is the same for .mp3 files as well as .mp4.

Mplayer will play all media files using both ftp and smb.
I am used to kaffeine and VLC and would like to use them.

Any ideas?

Mick M.