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Hi,

my suggestion concerns dealing with UPNP/DLNA sources via a VPN tunnel.

On my iPhone, I've noticed that UPNP/DLNA sources still show up even when you leave the home network/WLAN as long as the app is not closed in the background. If you have a VPN tunnel into the home network, streaming from those sources works. Exiting the app and restart it, then the UPNP/DLNA via VPN are not found due to the protocol. A "simple" save / remember function for these sources, will solve this - would be a great improvment.

I also own an Android tablet, here it seems that exactly this function is implemented, in that you can save the source as a favorite.
Please make this available for iOS as well.

Thank you!

This has frustrated me as well, but I found the solution. It's not very intuitive. I am using wireguard and I have confirmed it's working.

Network > under 'File Servers' tap your UPNP media server > navigate to the folder of your choice > tap-hold folder of your choice > select 'Add to Favorites'