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VLC support X-Forwarded-For in url?
The X-Forwarded-For (XFF) HTTP header field is a de facto standard for identifying the originating IP address of a client connecting to a web server through an HTTP proxy or load balancer.
for example i have link as:
https://url-lh.akamaihd.net/i/url@99999 ... 9.99.99.99
but it not work.

for example i have link as:

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https://dasVLC_live-lh.akamaihd.net/i/dasVLC@90210/master.m3u8|X-Forwarded-For=99.99.99.99

but it not work.

just quoteed because important(%7C?) vertical bar was not visible...

XFF is a proxy server feature. VLC is not a proxy server.

...nor is this

Privoxy
Deletes the "X-Forwarded-For:" HTTP header from the client request, or adds a new one.

You can't inject arbitrary HTTP headers. That would change the protocol semantics in ways that cannot be anticipated by the state machine of the VLC HTTP stack.

Not that adding XFF would make any sense anyhow - that header is meant for reverse proxies.

Customizing the user agent has been possible for many years.

Do you can add feature to windows as other Android player (Kodi, MX Player, xmtvPlayer):
Raw HTTP header can be entered next to URL after a pipe (|) character.

I think I answered no already.

And that would be a rather obvious security issue.