title: How to set HTTP User-Agent for VLC?
body: <p>I am using VLC's command line option <code>--http-user-agent</code>, but it does not seem to work. </p>
  
  <p>My command is </p>
  
  <pre><code>$ vlc --http-user-agent 'FooBar/1.2.3' 'http://wiki.videolan.org/'
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And when I use <code>tcpdump -Xlnn dst port 80</code> to capture the packets, I see</p>
  
  <pre><code>0x0030:  8eff 035b 4745 5420 2f20 4854 5450 2f31  ...[GET./.HTTP/1
  0x0040:  2e31 0d0a 486f 7374 3a20 7769 6b69 2e76  .1..Host:.wiki.v
  0x0050:  6964 656f 6c61 6e2e 6f72 670d 0a41 6363  ideolan.org..Acc
  0x0060:  6570 743a 202a 2f2a 0d0a 4163 6365 7074  ept:.*/*..Accept
  0x0070:  2d4c 616e 6775 6167 653a 207a 685f 434e  -Language:.zh_CN
  0x0080:  0d0a 5573 6572 2d41 6765 6e74 3a20 564c  ..User-Agent:.VL
  0x0090:  432f 332e 302e 3220 4c69 6256 4c43 2f33  C/3.0.2.LibVLC/3
  0x00a0:  2e30 2e32 0d0a 5261 6e67 653a 2062 7974  .0.2..Range:.byt
  0x00b0:  6573 3d30 2d0d 0a0d 0a                   es=0-....
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>which means that the User-Agent part is not changed (still the default of VLC). </p>
  
  <p>Am I misunderstanding the usage of this option? Or is this a bug in VLC? </p>
  
  <p>My version is <code>VLC media player 3.0.2 Vetinari (revision 3.0.2-0-gd7b653cf14)</code></p>