[Solved] Windows VLC client often can't see UMS

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ajkessel
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[Solved] Windows VLC client often can't see UMS

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Running UMS 9.6.2 on an Ubuntu Focal system. I have a frequent but not 100% reproducible issue where VLC on a Windows box in the LAN doesn't show UMS under any of the "local network" media options (mDNS Network Discovery, Network Streams (SAP), or where I'd expect it -- "Universal Plug'n'Play"). Sometimes restarting UMS fixes it but not always. Based on the trace log, it appears UMS is seeing the query:

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TRACE 2020-06-17 12:47:32.692 [UPNPHelper] Received a NOTIFY from [192.168.98.2:1900]
TRACE 2020-06-17 12:47:33.780 [UPNPHelper] IP Filter: No IP filter specified, access granted to 192.168.98.200
TRACE 2020-06-17 12:47:33.780 [UPNPHelper] Received a M-SEARCH from [192.168.98.200:56541]: M-SEARCH * HTTP/1.1^M
Host: 239.255.255.250:1900
ST: urn:schemas-wifialliance-org:device:WFADevice:1
Man: "ssdp:discover"
MX: 3
But still nothing shows up on VLC.

Another possibly related problem is a Sony PS3 on the network usually sees UMS but when I navigate to the folder structure, the PS3 spins until it times out and no media options appear. Restarting UMS usually fixes this symptom.

Any ideas? I've attached a trace log and my (mostly standard) conf file. The VLC client is at 192.168.1.200 in this trace, and IP of the server is 192.168.1.2. The server is connected to the LAN via Ethernet, while the client is on WiFi. No tweaks have been made to any renderers.
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ajkessel
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Re: Windows VLC client often can't see UMS

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Another data point here--when this happens, other clients often can't see UMS either. If I try to kill the client via a kill signal, the UMS task never shuts down. But it's not (completely) frozen, as the debug log shows periodic "resending last discovery" and "sending ALIVE" messages.

If I force quit with kill -9, the task does stop and can then be restarted.
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SubJunk
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Re: Windows VLC client often can't see UMS

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This might be improved in 9.8.0, please let us know
ajkessel
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Re: Windows VLC client often can't see UMS

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Yes, as of 9.8.1, I have not been able to replicate this issue.
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