[FFmpeg-trac] #1291(avformat:new): The custom user-agent option is ignored after the initial connection when using HTTP Live Streaming (HLS)

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#1291: The  custom user-agent option is ignored after the initial connection when
using HTTP Live Streaming (HLS)
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             Reporter:  xnp          |                    Owner:
                 Type:  defect       |                   Status:  new
             Priority:  normal       |                Component:  avformat
              Version:  unspecified  |               Resolution:
             Keywords:  hls          |               Blocked By:
             Blocking:               |  Reproduced by developer:  0
Analyzed by developer:  0            |
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Comment (by xnp):

 Replying to [comment:1 cehoyos]:
 > Please add complete, uncut console output.

 This snippet:

 GET /playlist.m3u8 HTTP/1.1.
 User-Agent: Lavf54.3.100.
 ...

 is observed via the network diagnostics tool "tcpdump" and not the
 console.

 The console does not output anything regarding the user-agent at all.
 But here it is:

 ffmpeg version N-40092-g3bbf3f7 Copyright (c) 2000-2012 the FFmpeg
 developers
   built on Apr 24 2012 00:55:38 with gcc 4.6.3
   configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --disable-w32threads
 --enable-runtime-cpudetect --enable-avisynth --enable-bzlib --enable-
 frei0r --enable-libass --enable-libcelt --enable-libopencore-amrnb
 --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libfreetype --enable-libgsm --enable-
 libmp3lame --enable-libnut --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-librtmp --enable-
 libschroedinger --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libutvideo
 --enable-libvo-aacenc --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libvorbis --enable-
 libvpx --enable-libx264 --enable-libxavs --enable-libxvid --enable-zlib
   libavutil      51. 47.100 / 51. 47.100
   libavcodec     54. 15.100 / 54. 15.100
   libavformat    54.  3.100 / 54.  3.100
   libavdevice    53.  4.100 / 53.  4.100
   libavfilter     2. 72.100 /  2. 72.100
   libswscale      2.  1.100 /  2.  1.100
   libswresample   0. 11.100 /  0. 11.100
   libpostproc    52.  0.100 / 52.  0.100
 [hls,applehttp @ 0225d9c0] Format hls,applehttp probed with size=2048 and
 score=100
 Format mpegts probed with size=2048 and score=100
 [mpegts @ 023482e0] stream=0 stream_type=1b pid=21 prog_reg_desc=
 [mpegts @ 023482e0] stream=1 stream_type=f pid=24 prog_reg_desc=
 [hls,applehttp @ 0225d9c0] File position before
 avformat_find_stream_info() is 1959
 [mpegts @ 023482e0] Continuity check failed for pid 0 expected 1 got 3
 [NULL @ 02347780] Current profile doesn't provide more RBSP data in PPS,
 skipping
 [hls,applehttp @ 0225d9c0] All info found
 [hls,applehttp @ 0225d9c0] File position after avformat_find_stream_info()
 is 1959
 Input #0, hls,applehttp, from 'http://someserver/playlist.m3u8':
   Duration: N/A, start: 48533.090044, bitrate: N/A
     Stream #0:0, 21, 1/90000: Video: h264 (Constrained Baseline)
 ([27][0][0][0] / 0x001B), yuv420p, 640x360, 1/50, 25 tbr, 90k tbn, 50 tbc
     Stream #0:1, 18, 1/90000: Audio: aac ([15][0][0][0] / 0x000F), 44100
 Hz, stereo, s16
 Error parsing AAC extradata, unable to determine samplerate.
 Output #0, matroska, to 'nul':
   Metadata:
     encoder         : Lavf54.3.100
     Stream #0:0, 0, 1/1000: Video: h264 ([27][0][0][0] / 0x001B), yuv420p,
 640x360, 1/90000, q=2-31, 1k tbn, 90k tbc
     Stream #0:1, 0, 1/1000: Audio: aac ([15][0][0][0] / 0x000F), 44100 Hz,
 stereo
 Stream mapping:
   Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (copy)
   Stream #0:1 -> #0:1 (copy)
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Ticket URL: <https://ffmpeg.org/trac/ffmpeg/ticket/1291#comment:2>
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