from https://askubuntu.com/questions/964377/snap-application-doesnt-see-files-from-another-partition
this command did the trick to enable the environment to access the /media hierarchy sudo snap connect get-iplayer:removable-media i think this is a bit of a hack - is there a better way of doing this? Should the snap installer do this step? On Tue, 4 Aug 2020 at 20:16, Kevin Lynch <klyn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I use an oracle virtualbox CLI, I've upgraded it to focal fossa, > consequently I'm installing via snap. > > If I set the default directory to save file as unix my home directory > all works well. However when I specify to write my media to a folder > that is a shared folder from windows. > kevin@focalfossa:/media/sf_iPlayer_Recordings$ mount | grep -i iplayer > /var/lib/snapd/snaps/get-iplayer_250.snap on /snap/get-iplayer/250 > type squashfs (ro,nodev,relatime,x-gdu.hide) > iPlayer_Recordings on /media/sf_iPlayer_Recordings type vboxsf > (rw,nodev,relatime,iocharset=utf8,uid=0,gid=998,dmode=0770,fmode=0770,tag=VBoxAutomounter) > nsfs on /run/snapd/ns/get-iplayer.mnt type nsfs (rw) > kevin@focalfossa:/media/sf_iPlayer_Recordings$ get_iplayer --pid m000lhwf -o . > get_iplayer v3.26, Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Phil Lewis > This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details use --warranty. > This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain > conditions; use --conditions for details. > > > Episodes: > Newsnight - 03/08/2020, BBC Two, m000lhwf > INFO: 1 total programmes > > WARNING: A UK TV licence is required to access BBC iPlayer TV content legally > INFO: Downloading tv: 'Newsnight - 87. 03/08/2020 (m000lhwf) [original]' > ERROR: Cannot open (write): > /media/sf_iPlayer_Recordings/Newsnight_-_87._2020-08-03_m000lhwf_original.video.ts > kevin@focalfossa:/media/sf_iPlayer_Recordings$ > > > What is the best method to grant my get_iplayer access to the external > filesystem? > > TIA > > Kevin _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
