Please describe the problem:
Originally reported on https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/totem/+bug/28608

Adding remote (gnome-vfs) URLs to the playlist is not possible.

I want to create a playlist of remote files.
For example, I want to add this file:
http://www.temus.ch/oggetti/Gabriele%20-%20Gloria.mp3

Opening the same file from the Menu -> Open Location works, but then I cannot create a playlist of remote files.

Is it a totem problem (the playlist open dialog is not gnome-vfs enabled) or a generic problem of the gtk open dialog not accepting URLs ?

If it's a problem in the gtk file dialog, I think it's something that need to be fixed, because if the purpose of gnome-vfs is to offer network transparency having two different access commands ("Open file" and "Open location") seems a little stranger to me. In my opinion the open file dialog need to support URLs (if the application supports gnome-vfs).

Steps to reproduce:
1) I click on the add button in the sidebar
2) The "Select Movies or Playlist" window appears
3) I press CTRL+L to open the "Open Location" dialog
4) I enter the address (in this example http://www.temus.ch/oggetti/Gabriele%20-%20Gloria.mp3 )
5) Press "Open"

Actual results:
An error dialog appears: "Could not retrieve information about the file, http://www.temus.ch/oggetti is not a folder"


Expected results:
To summarize that bug as I believe he states it is simply that "the open file dialog need to support URLs (if the application supports gnome-vfs)" or in other words you are unable to add a url to a playlist using any of the programs dialogs.

Does this happen every time?
Yes

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