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I have the latest 2.01 installed on my mac book air and when I click on Upnp servers nothing is ever listed. However, my wife's computer works straight away. My firewall is off, and I have tried 2.0 and 2.01 without any success.

I get the following messages in the log
main debug: adding services_discovery upnp{longname="Universal Plug'n'Play"}...
main debug: rebuilding array of current - root Playlist
main debug: rebuild done - 0 items, index -1
main debug: looking for services_discovery module: 1 candidate
upnp error: Initialization failed: UPNP_E_SOCKET_BIND
main debug: no services_discovery module matching "upnp" could be loaded
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 1.092 ms - Total 1.092 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 1.092 ms)
main error: no suitable services discovery module

Has anyone any suggestions.. Thanks

upnp error: Initialization failed: UPNP_E_SOCKET_BIND

It could not bind to the right socket.

Is there any reason that it could not bind the right socket? My iPad's upnp client works and vlc worked on my wife's computer. I can't seem to work out what is causing it to fail. I have tried xbmc but I haven't managed to get the upnp part of it to work on any of my computers. My tv tuner picks up all servers so i don't think it is a router issue.

Can you try another UPnP client on your Mac Book Air?
If it works, VLC has some problem.
If it doesn't work either, your environment has some problem.

I've finally worked it out. I had eyetv running in the background. It was blocking the connection. As soon as I deleted all the background processes, vlc started working.

I've finally worked it out. I had eyetv running in the background. It was blocking the connection. As soon as I deleted all the background processes, vlc started working.

Man this is fantastic... i spent 2 days trying to figure out why VLC cant see my UPNP server... i would never have guesed its "another UPNP client/server blocking the port"... i also have Elgato EyeTV service runing in OSX... i didnt delete EyeTV i just switched off all sharing in EyeTV Preferences... the service was removed from background automatically after disabling all sharing in EyeTV Preferences...

VOILA VLC 2.0.10 (32-bit Intel) OSX 10.6.8 UPNP WORKS - server was found without a problem now !!!

thanks ajaxharg for sharing