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Thanks for the helpful suggestions. I finally got it to work. The problem was the user name and password to login to the SMB server. It wasn't the same as the Windows login - not even close. I used the local login even though I login with Windows and it finally worked. A very quirky interface indeed...

I tried these various setting and still no connection. I have verified that another PC on the same network can see the files in file explorer (both Windows 10). The same PC running VLC cannot see the files on the network. A TV running an Android VLC cannot see the files. I have tried checking and un...

Thanks so much for that very helpful response! I'll try it and see what happens.

Hi: I have the same problem. VLC worked just fine as a media client on an Android TV for several years. Then I got a new Windows 10 computer and VLC on the android TV was no longer able to connect to the files on my media server. (The previous computer was also Windows 10 which is just maddening). T...