There is a Plex server here (not mine, but intentionally accessible). On my iPad I can download files no problem. But I want to do that on my computer but first, VLC doesn’t find the UPnP server, and ...

Plex has a brand new app for Windows and Mac that offers a streamlined way to download the things you want to watch and listen to offline. The feature was previously called Sync, but it's now called ...