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UPDATE: Actually, the problem isn't with the container type, it has to do with whether there is an image in the folder as well. I have my movies organized with one folder per movie, with an image in each folder called folder.jpg. This is what is most convenient with the WD streamer. If I investigate...

It doesn't work on XBMC or in totem either (other file formats do work).

So what you are saying is that it's not a VLC problem, but a problem with libupnp? If so, that's helpful. Might as well get the feature request to the right people.

I have a upnp server on my lan (running minidlna) and serving up my collection of movies, each of which is in mpeg2 and ac3 stored in an mkv format (created using mkvmerge). These are ripped from my DVD's without any trancoding. These files stream through upnp very happily to my WD live streaming de...