SMPlayer fails on Samba drive, Ubuntu

[LarryM04]

If I double click on any file located on a Samba drive mounted on the system SMplayer takes an error: "MPV has failed unexpectedly. Error code: -2 Log:

`METADATA_COPYRIGHT=${metadata/by-key/copyright:}
INFO_MEDIA_TITLE=${=media-title:}
INFO_STREAM_PATH=${stream-path}
--audio-client-name=SMPlayer --term-status-msg=STATUS: ${=time-pos} / ${=duration:${=length:0}} P: ${=pause} B: ${=paused-for-cache} I: ${=core-idle} VB: ${=video-bitrate:0} AB: ${=audio-bitrate:0} /smb/Helios4/Movies/Fishing/Crappie Wisdom.mp4

[file] Cannot open file '/smb/Helios4/Movies/Fishing/Crappie Wisdom.mp4': No such file or directory
Failed to open /smb/Helios4/Movies/Fishing/Crappie Wisdom.mp4.
Exiting... (Errors when loading file)
`

SMPlayer works fine on any local disks, the file does actually exist.

Interestingly, if I just start SMPlayer, then goto Open|File a dialog box opens up. If I double click on the "/" the directories: bin, etc, home, lib, lib32, meta, snap, usr, and var show - no smb where the drive is mounted. Also note that there is no lib32 directory and many other directories under / are missing

Any clue why I can't play any file on a mounted Samba drive?