VLC does not see UPnP devices

[Ferenc Nagy]

Universal Plug & Play devices in my network are not recognized.

[00007f16141bbbf8] upnp services discovery: Initializing libupnp on '(null)' interface
[00007f16141bbbf8] upnp services discovery error: Initialization failed: UPNP_E_SOCKET_BIND
[00007f16141bbbf8] core services discovery error: no suitable services discovery module

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: vlc-nox 2.2.2-4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-16.32-generic 4.4.6
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-16-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sun Apr 3 22:20:52 2016
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/vlc
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-04-03 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Beta amd64 (20160401)
SourcePackage: vlc
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Tuxist (jan-koester)]

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=813249

[Cosmin Giurgiu (cosmingiurgiu)]

Same problem here: cannot see the DLNA device in local network.
Started vlc in debug mode :

[00007f0b2057b628] core services discovery debug: looking for services_discovery module matching "upnp": 14 candidates
[00007f0b2057b628] upnp services discovery: Initializing libupnp on '(null)' interface
[00007f0b2057b628] upnp services discovery error: Initialization failed: UPNP_E_SOCKET_BIND
[00007f0b2057b628] core services discovery debug: no services_discovery modules matched
[00007f0b2057b628] core services discovery error: no suitable services discovery module

I'm not sure what is the 'null' interface.

[Vojtěch Drábek (vojta-drabek)]

The same or similar problem on Ubuntu 16.04, VLC 2.2.5:

core debug: adding services_discovery upnp{longname="Universal Plug'n'Play"}...
core debug: looking for services_discovery module matching "upnp": 14 candidates
upnp info: Initializing libupnp on '(null)' interface
upnp error: Initialization failed: UPNP_E_SOCKET_BIND
core debug: no services_discovery modules matched
core error: no suitable services discovery module

[Dave O'Brien (daveob)]

Linux Mint 18 64bit
VLC 2.2.2-0-g6259d80
libupnp6 1:1.6.19+git20160116-1

$ vlc --services-discovery upnp_intel
VLC media player 2.2.2 Weatherwax (revision 2.2.2-0-g6259d80)
[0000000000dac518] core services discovery error: no suitable services discovery module
[0000000000c9e148] core libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
[00007f4874581348] upnp services discovery: Initializing libupnp on '(null)' interface
[00007f4874581348] upnp services discovery error: Initialization failed: UPNP_E_SOCKET_BIND
[00007f4874581348] core services discovery error: no suitable services discovery module