Description:

Playing files from Windows Media Libraries fails via "Universal Plug'n'Play" when it uses IPv6 internally. It does work when using IPv4 but there's no indication when it uses which.

Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'http://[fe80::30cd:836a:caee:1010]:10243/WMPNSSv4/1314901727/1_MTVfYzVhMTExYzItNzkwNzY.mp4'. Check the log for details.

This has been broken for months. Or maybe it never worked - I only started using this system again at the beginning of the year and never used Linux for streaming.

Using the the same machine within the same network works fine when booting into Windows and using the official VLC 3.0.17.4 binaries.

It seems there used to be a command-line option which disabled IPv6 usage but that has been obsoleted and no-op'd.

This happens with videos and audios files (I have no images shared) - but I assume it is any files.


Additional info:
* vlc 3.0.17.4-9

Failing log:
main debug: processing request item: <video>, node: Universal Plug'n'Play, skip: 0
main debug: resyncing on <video>
main debug: <video> is at 38
main debug: starting playback of new item
main debug: resyncing on <video>
main debug: <video> is at 38
main debug: creating new input thread
main debug: Creating an input for '<video>'
main debug: requesting art for new input thread
main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB
main debug: using default timeshift path
main debug: `http://[fe80::30cd:836a:caee:1010]:10243/WMPNSSv4/1314901727/1_MTVfYzVhMTExYzItNzkwNzY.mp4' gives access `http' demux `any' path `[fe80::30cd:836a:caee:1010]:10243/WMPNSSv4/1314901727/1_MTVfYzVhMTExYzItNzkwNzY.mp4'
main debug: creating demux: access='http' demux='any' location='[fe80::30cd:836a:caee:1010]:10243/WMPNSSv4/1314901727/1_MTVfYzVhMTExYzItNzkwNzY.mp4' file='(null)'
main debug: looking for access_demux module matching "http": 19 candidates
main debug: no access_demux modules matched
main debug: looking for meta fetcher module matching "any": 1 candidates
main debug: creating access: http://[fe80::30cd:836a:caee:1010]:10243/WMPNSSv4/1314901727/1_MTVfYzVhMTExYzItNzkwNzY.mp4
main debug: looking for access module matching "http": 30 candidates
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in /home/user/.local/share/vlc/lua/meta/fetcher
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in /usr/lib/vlc/lua/meta/fetcher
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in /usr/share/vlc/lua/meta/fetcher
main debug: no meta fetcher modules matched
main debug: creating access: http://[fe80::30cd:836a:caee:1010]:10243/WMPNSSv4/1314901727/0_MTVfYzVhMTExYzItNzkwNzY.jpg?albumArt=true
main debug: looking for access module matching "http": 30 candidates
qt debug: IM: Setting an input
http debug: resolving fe80::30cd:836a:caee:1010 ...
http debug: outgoing request: GET /WMPNSSv4/1314901727/1_MTVfYzVhMTExYzItNzkwNzY.mp4 HTTP/1.1 Host: [fe80::30cd:836a:caee:1010]:10243 Accept: */* Accept-Language: en_US User-Agent: VLC/3.0.17.4 LibVLC/3.0.17.4 Range: bytes=0-
http debug: connection failed
access error: HTTP connection failure
http debug: querying proxy for http://[fe80::30cd:836a:caee:1010]:10243/WMPNSSv4/1314901727/1_MTVfYzVhMTExYzItNzkwNzY.mp4
http debug: resolving fe80::30cd:836a:caee:1010 ...
http debug: outgoing request: GET /WMPNSSv4/1314901727/0_MTVfYzVhMTExYzItNzkwNzY.jpg?albumArt=true HTTP/1.1 Host: [fe80::30cd:836a:caee:1010]:10243 Accept: */* Accept-Language: en_US User-Agent: VLC/3.0.17.4 LibVLC/3.0.17.4 Range: bytes=0-
http debug: connection failed
access error: HTTP connection failure
http debug: querying proxy for http://[fe80::30cd:836a:caee:1010]:10243/WMPNSSv4/1314901727/0_MTVfYzVhMTExYzItNzkwNzY.jpg?albumArt=true
http debug: no proxy
http debug: http: server='fe80::30cd:836a:caee:1010' port=10243 file='/WMPNSSv4/1314901727/0_MTVfYzVhMTExYzItNzkwNzY.jpg'
main debug: net: connecting to fe80::30cd:836a:caee:1010 port 10243
main error: connection failed: Invalid argument
http error: cannot connect to fe80::30cd:836a:caee:1010:10243
main debug: no access modules matched
main error: no suitable access module for `http://[fe80::30cd:836a:caee:1010]:10243/WMPNSSv4/1314901727/0_MTVfYzVhMTExYzItNzkwNzY.jpg?albumArt=true'
http debug: no proxy
http debug: http: server='fe80::30cd:836a:caee:1010' port=10243 file='/WMPNSSv4/1314901727/1_MTVfYzVhMTExYzItNzkwNzY.mp4'
main debug: net: connecting to fe80::30cd:836a:caee:1010 port 10243
main error: connection failed: Invalid argument
http error: cannot connect to fe80::30cd:836a:caee:1010:10243

Working log:

main debug: processing request item: <video>, node: Universal Plug'n'Play, skip: 0
main debug: rebuilding array of current - root Universal Plug'n'Play
main debug: rebuild done - 45 items, index 38
main debug: starting playback of new item
main debug: resyncing on <video>
main debug: <video> is at 38
main debug: creating new input thread
main debug: Creating an input for '<video>'
main debug: requesting art for new input thread
main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB
main debug: using default timeshift path
main debug: `http://192.168.178.23:10243/WMPNSSv4/1314901727/1_MTVfYzVhMTExYzItNzkwNzY.mp4' gives access `http' demux `any' path `192.168.178.23:10243/WMPNSSv4/1314901727/1_MTVfYzVhMTExYzItNzkwNzY.mp4'
main debug: creating demux: access='http' demux='any' location='192.168.178.23:10243/WMPNSSv4/1314901727/1_MTVfYzVhMTExYzItNzkwNzY.mp4' file='(null)'
main debug: looking for access_demux module matching "http": 19 candidates
main debug: no access_demux modules matched
main debug: creating access: http://192.168.178.23:10243/WMPNSSv4/1314901727/1_MTVfYzVhMTExYzItNzkwNzY.mp4
main debug: looking for meta fetcher module matching "any": 1 candidates
main debug: looking for access module matching "http": 30 candidates
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in /home/user/.local/share/vlc/lua/meta/fetcher
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in /usr/lib/vlc/lua/meta/fetcher
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in /usr/share/vlc/lua/meta/fetcher
main debug: no meta fetcher modules matched
main debug: creating access: http://192.168.178.23:10243/WMPNSSv4/1314901727/0_MTVfYzVhMTExYzItNzkwNzY.jpg?albumArt=true
main debug: looking for access module matching "http": 30 candidates
qt debug: IM: Setting an input
http debug: resolving 192.168.178.23 ...
http debug: outgoing request: GET /WMPNSSv4/1314901727/0_MTVfYzVhMTExYzItNzkwNzY.jpg?albumArt=true HTTP/1.1 Host: 192.168.178.23:10243 Accept: */* Accept-Language: en_US User-Agent: VLC/3.0.17.4 LibVLC/3.0.17.4 Range: bytes=0-
http debug: resolving 192.168.178.23 ...
http debug: outgoing request: GET /WMPNSSv4/1314901727/1_MTVfYzVhMTExYzItNzkwNzY.mp4 HTTP/1.1 Host: 192.168.178.23:10243 Accept: */* Accept-Language: en_US User-Agent: VLC/3.0.17.4 LibVLC/3.0.17.4 Range: bytes=0-
dbus debug: Getting property Position
http debug: incoming response: HTTP/1.1 206 Partial Content Content-Length: 8926 Content-Type: image/jpeg Server: Microsoft-HTTPAPI/2.0 Accept-Ranges: bytes Content-Range: bytes 0-8925/8926 Scid.DLNA.ORG: 466885170 TransferMode.DLNA.ORG: Interactive Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2022 19:57:12 GMT
main debug: using access module "access"
main debug: looking for stream_filter module matching "prefetch,cache_block": 26 candidates
prefetch debug: using 8926 bytes buffer, 8926 bytes read
main debug: using stream_filter module "prefetch"
main debug: looking for stream_filter module matching "any": 26 candidates
prefetch debug: end of stream
[...]
http debug: incoming response: HTTP/1.1 206 Partial Content Content-Length: 1395790185 Content-Type: video/mp4 Last-Modified: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 22:37:18 GMT Server: Microsoft-HTTPAPI/2.0 Accept-Ranges: bytes Content-Range: bytes 0-1395790184/1395790185 Scid.DLNA.ORG: 678794326 TransferMode.DLNA.ORG: Streaming Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2022 19:57:12 GMT


Steps to reproduce:

- go to "Universal Plug'n'Play"
- navigate to a file entry and double-click to play