It looks like the problem is URLDispatcher is failing trying to launch the URL from the dash when the file lives in ~/Pictures:
** (process:2555): WARNING **: Unable to dispatch url 'file:///home/phablet/Pictures/IMG_2088.MOV':GDBus.Error:com.canonical.URLDispatcher.BadURL: URL 'file:///home/phablet/Pictures/IMG_2088.MOV' is not handleable by the URL Dispatcher There are no denials in syslog. When moving the movie to ~/Videos, it's launched correctly by url dispatcher. ** Also affects: url-dispatcher (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1340952 Title: media player doe not play videos indexed from outside ~/Videos To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mediaplayer-app/+bug/1340952/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs