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Windows upnp: Vlc closes itself when trying to access upnp DLNA server

Some days ago, vlc randomly started having this issue where whenever i tried to access an DLNA server from the program itself, when double clicking on the server to load its contents the program straight up closes. I tested various servers and they all work fine on other devices.

I changed no settings or custom configurations, i also updated to 3.17.4 from 3.16 but the issue persisted.

A thing i noticed is that if i do right click->play on a server, it will properly load the contents and subfolder up to the first fiel shared by such server and start playing it, after that it's safe to navigate the discovered folders, but this is nowhere near practical even if it gives a degree of usability.

Attached are 2 gdb logs i retrieved by running 2 debug builds of vlc vlc-3.0.17.3-win64-debug-a695dc03.zip (closer to the release date of 3.17.4) from https://artifacts.videolan.org/vlc-3.0/nightly-win64/20220326-0220/ and vlc-3.0.18-rc-win64-debug-07cd30a1.zip from https://artifacts.videolan.org/vlc-3.0/nightly-win64/20220817-0221/, the latest nightly exhibit the same behaviour but has a less verbose gdb output.

If more info are needed feel free to ask.

vlc_upnp_crash-vlc-3.0.17.3-win64-debug-a695dc03.txt

vlc_upnp_crash-vlc-3.0.18-rc-win64-debug-07cd30a1.txt

Edited by Edoardo Lolletti
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