I have a subfolder of ~/Documents where I want to store various videos (.mp4 files). I don't particularly want to move them to the ~/Videos folder because they contain other files which are not videos.
I have firejail active (version 0.9.66). When attempting to play one of these videos (with ffplay or the Video Player) I get a message "No such file or directory" however the file does in fact exist, and I have permissions to read it. Also, I can use ffmpeg to make a copy of the file, no problems.
The exact same video plays correctly when moved/copied to my home folder, so there is not an issue per se with the video or ffplay.
I am guessing I need some sort of amendment to my firejail configuration to permit videos to play but I can't work out what it is.
Inside the file /etc/firejail/ffmpeg.profile
I added a line (below) which didn't help:
noblacklist ${MUSIC}
noblacklist ${VIDEOS}
nowhitelist ${HOME}/Documents <-- added this line
I can't see offhand what else to do. Is there a different configuration I need? Do I need to reload the configuration somehow?
My Ubuntu version:
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS
Release: 22.04
Codename: jammy