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[Bill Filler <bill.filler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There is a an open bug on FileManager app to support this use case:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-filemanager-app/+bug/1518332

On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 9:28 AM, Bill Filler <bill.filler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Are you accessing the videos from File Manager and trying to open from
> there? If so, that is the problem (actualy a bug in File Manager). When
> clicking on the video from file manager it should request to open in
> media-player not import via the content-hub.
>
> To work around you can use the gallery or video scope. Both should show
> the contents of the SD card and allow you to play the video without it
> being copied
>
> On Sat, Apr 9, 2016 at 8:22 AM, Marcos Alonso <corrosab@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi again guys.
>>
>> I often use the phone to watch movies thus I store these on the SD and I
>> play these with the media player (by the way, easier with OTA 10!).
>>
>> I have realized that when I do so, a local copy (...phablet/Videos) of
>> the movies is stored!
>>
>> I do not want to use the mobile memory to store such kind of data.
>>
>> Is that behaviour normal / needed?
>>
>> Can it be disabled?
>>
>> When I launched the media player from the command line that did not
>> happen.
>>
>> As well for some othe files and applications it has the same behaviour
>> (i.e. Local copies of txt files when opening with editor or so).
>>
>> Thanks for your support.
>>
>> Regards.
>> Marcos
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