SMBv2 not working

[hallergard]

A while ago I decided to change my Windows SMB server from SMBv1 to SMBv2, to have the same protocol as the Linux SMB Server on the same LAN (the Linux distros have stopped supporting SMBv1). Everything worked fine when using VLC version 3.1.7, until I upgraded to version 3.2.12. The SMB Share "DESKTOP" is still discovered, but tapping on it causes "Loading" forever.
Tried version 3.3.0 RC4, which does not work either. Also with the Linux SMBv2 Server. it is not working.

Prefer using passwordless SMB and thought this might be the reason, so I tried adding password, but no avail. Any suggestion?

[hallergard]

Can anyone connect to a SMBv2 server from VLC version 3.2.x?

If not guess I have to try FTP instead

[hallergard]

Should maybe clarify that what is not working for me with ver 3.2.x and above is to create a Network favourites folder. Streaming a video on a shared smb folder works.

[hallergard]

Regret having to use KODI instead for streaming from SMB2 SERVERS

[Gnudist]

It is too bad VLC has not yet been updated to support SMBv2, apparently, at least on android. At least that was my experience. I could connect to a share that does not have a password and in browseable, but could not connect to a share that required a password, it would just stall out.

My solution in Linux (Ubuntu 20.04) to get LAN support to work on VLC with a password was to add the following line to my smb.conf GLOBAL section:

server min protocol = NT1

Then I restarted samba with:

sudo service smbd restart

[hallergard]

Thanks for the tip - solved my problem for Linux SMB2 servers! Remains Windows SMB2 servers