Linux Mint doesn't see UPnP

[skeptic Mike]

(11-06-2018 12:36)artelse Wrote:  I have minimServer running on a synology NAS and this works fine. I can connect via VLC on a Mac to play music.

On my Linux Mint machine, it doesn't see any UPnP services on the network. At first I thought it to be related to wired vs wireless networking, but it makes no difference. I'm stuck in my options to check and checking the forum and internet hasn't given me any hints to try.

Anyone seen something similar perhaps on ubuntu?

My ubuntu mate 18.04 installation sees MinimServer and can play from it with no problems using vlc 3.02. The libupnp6 version is reported as 1:1.6.24-4. This is a basic install, and the only packages I've added are from the curated 'Software Boutique'

An alternative (that I've not tried) might be to use Jean-Francois Dockes upplay (control point) and his upmpdcli "UPnP Media Renderer front-end for MPD". I think that upmpdcli is often used on raspberry Pi renderers, so that part should be reasonably well tested. there's a PPA on launchpad. https://launchpad.net/~jean-francois-doc...ntu/upnpp1

http://www.lesbonscomptes.com/upplay/
http://www.lesbonscomptes.com/upmpdcli/index.html

On http://www.lesbonscomptes.com/upmpdcli/downloads.html he mentions that he has a patched version of linupnp6 1.6.20. This might address your libupnp issues - otherwise, I assume that these packages won't work either with a broken version of libupnp.

Mike