gnome-mplayer fails to play files on SFTP server

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Try to play a file on SFTP server
2. Observe gnome-mplayer not play the file

The same file plays without any issues in Totem.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
- gnome-mplayer-1.0.8 on Gentoo GNU/Linux

Please provide any additional information below.

GNOME MPlayer v1.0.8
gmtk v1.0.8
GTK 3.8.2
GLIB 2.36.3
GDA Enabled
GMLIB-Message: Running with GIO support
GMLIB-Message: Using audio device: PulseAudio
GMLIB-Message: after init: position=0.000 length=0.000 start_time=0.000 
run_time=0.000 volume=0.00 player=dead media=unknown uri=
GMLIB-Message: opening sftp://192.168.1.137/home/user/vid.mkv
GMLIB-Message: stat_result = 0
GMLIB-Message: is block false
GMLIB-Message: is character false
GMLIB-Message: is reg true
GMLIB-Message: is dir false
GMLIB-Message: playlist false
GMLIB-Message: embedded in window id 0x0
GMLIB-Message: opening playlist
GMLIB-Message: playlist detection = false
GMLIB-Message: adding sftp://192.168.1.137/home/user/vid.mkv to playlist 
(cancel = false)
GMLIB-Message: metadata retrieve from database is not valid, requesting it from 
media
GMLIB-Message: Using match: type='signal',interface='com.gnome.mplayer'
GMLIB-Message: Using match: type='signal',interface='org.gnome.SettingsDaemon'
GMLIB-Message: Using match: 
type='signal',interface='org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.MediaKeys'
GMLIB-Message: Proxy connections and Command connected
GMLIB-Message: Using match: type='signal',interface='org.mpris.MediaPlayer2'
GMLIB-Message: Using match: 
type='signal',interface='org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player'
GMLIB-Message: Proxy connections and Command connected ret = 1
GMLIB-Message: old: position=0.000 length=0.000 start_time=0.000 run_time=0.000 
volume=0.00 player=dead media=unknown uri=
GMLIB-Message: new: position=0.000 length=0.000 start_time=0.000 run_time=0.000 
volume=0.00 player=dead media=unknown uri=
GMLIB-Message: trying to enable screensaver
GMLIB-Message: trying to enable screensaver

Original issue reported on code.google.com by jdoe0000...@gmail.com on 6 Aug 2013 at 5:27

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To support playback of files from SFTP you need to have gvfs and fuse installed 
and configured to support ssh. This is required as mplayer does not know how to 
read files from sftp.

Original comment by kdeko...@gmail.com on 6 Aug 2013 at 12:43

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It seems to work fine on my Arch laptop so I guess it's a problem on my side. 
Please feel free to close the issue.

Original comment by jdoe0000...@gmail.com on 6 Aug 2013 at 4:29

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Original comment by kdeko...@gmail.com on 6 Aug 2013 at 4:34

• Changed state: Done