I just uploaded some files to my laptop running Ubuntu 16.04 LTS using Xender (which is great). The files are pictures and 1 video .MOV extension. When I try to view or play them, I get an error stating File reading failed:VLC could not open the file /home/blah/Videos/IMG_0006.MOV (Permission denied).Your input can't be opened:VLC is unable to open the MRL 'file:///home/blah/Videos/IMG_0006.MOV'. Check the log for details.Here is the output of ls -al: total 497040drwxr-xr-x  2 blah blah      4096 Dec 21 11:31 .drwx------ 27 blah blah      4096 Dec 18 14:41 ..----------  1 blah blah 358905035 Sep  5 13:19 IMG_0002.MOV----------  1 blah blah  39697387 Sep 25 16:58 IMG_0003.MOV----------  1 blah blah  72482166 Sep 25 16:59 IMG_0004.MOV----------  1 blah blah   3468251 Sep 25 17:00 IMG_0005.MOV----------  1 blah blah  34355357 Sep 25 17:00 IMG_0006.MOVI have searched online, and don't find anything on this type of issue. Any help? Thanks. I installed VLC and mplayer and changed the permissions as follows: -r--------  1 blah blah 358905035 Sep  5 13:19 IMG_0002.MOV-r--------  1 blah blah  39697387 Sep 25 16:58 IMG_0003.MOV-r--------  1 blah blah  72482166 Sep 25 16:59 IMG_0004.MOV-r--------  1 blah blah   3468251 Sep 25 17:00 IMG_0005.MOV-r--------  1 blah blah  34355357 Sep 25 17:00 IMG_0006.MOVAnd both mplayer and VLC play the file now. The fix seems to be a change in permissions.I would love to know why I got the one down vote just so I will not repeat. I do realize the issue was common, and if that is why I will investigate further next time. I did not find any reference about my kind of issue when I searched earlier, and do not see why the default permissions were set to null. Is that right? I guess ----------  means null? 
How to view and play .mov files on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
ubuntu;video;images
Set read permissions to the file chmod +r /home/blah/Videos/IMG_0006.MOV If the file still to playable:What does mediainfo /home/blah/Videos/IMG_0006.MOV show?What does identify /home/blah/Videos/IMG_0006.MOV show? 