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I couldn't get UPNP browsing to work on one PC, while on another it was working fine... After much debugging I found that it will not work if you have the UPNP module enabled in Playlist->Services Discovery. What happens is the module loads immediately on starting vlc, and seems to work properly in ...

...also try turning off your firewall.

Try UNCHECKING upnp in Preferences->Playlist->Services Discovery. Save. Exit and restart vlc. I believe it a bug, see my recent post...