How to download embeded vimeo stream using yt-dlp?

[maz22]

I checked the other topics, which gives a solution to change master.json to master.mpd - which works for almost all the vids, but for a few I got stuck (notice the bold part):

https://vod-adaptive-ak.vimeocdn.com/exp=1718701814~acl=%2F29562e5f-9c6e-4444-907e-836...st/av/primary/playlist.json?omit=av1-hevc&pathsig=8c954e4f~eZ4rR2pfL1b666HUdv9xZFZ7olwx oWiGhGoa1Td6nZw&qsr=1&rh=XHo8I

How can I download these?

[aqzs]

Send video url

[maz22]

Send video url

I cannot as it is a paid service that needs my credentials. The same problem is described here:
https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/414958-How-to-download-vimeo-video-from-a-new-stream-url

[slayer36]

Send video url

I cannot as it is a paid service that needs my credentials. The same problem is described here:
https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/414958-How-to-download-vimeo-video-from-a-new-stream-url

are you able to get master.json link?

[Marvelous]

I'm encountering the same issue on a publicly available video: here.

If you find a way, can you describe how you did it? Thanks!

[slayer36]

I'm encountering the same issue on a publicly available video: here.

If you find a way, can you describe how you did it? Thanks!

ffmpeg -i 'https://vod-adaptive-ak.vimeocdn.com/exp=1718817345~acl=%2F0cc54773-bd6b-41ae-8a72-ec89ae8a632b%2F%2A~hmac=4f719fcbe1703876d062060230d299ce084fa536ffd819c44a1b149aa57b9d0b/0cc54773-bd6b-41ae-8a72-ec89ae8a632b/v2/playlist/av/0cc54773/avf/4f3a6100/media.m3u8?pathsig=8c953e4f~JQ-uf2yp9D0neDNz72UAnte3xRs1VPe9r7tub80Ewlc&qsr=1&st=video&ext-subs=1&rh=1sIDIB' -i 'https://vod-adaptive-ak.vimeocdn.com/exp=1718817345~acl=%2F0cc54773-bd6b-41ae-8a72-ec89ae8a632b%2F%2A~hmac=4f719fcbe1703876d062060230d299ce084fa536ffd819c44a1b149aa57b9d0b/0cc54773-bd6b-41ae-8a72-ec89ae8a632b/v2/playlist/av/0cc54773/avf/1564e349/media.m3u8?pathsig=8c953e4f~7FUAsn3aK4pwsthZ6EI1JwwRrtaCTttUJYavE3s5YdM&qsr=1&st=audio&ext-subs=1&rh=1sIDIB' -c copy -map 0:v:0 -map 1:a:0 'Interview.mp4'

try

[keep_it_breezy]

I'm encountering the same issue on a publicly available video: here.

If you find a way, can you describe how you did it? Thanks!

ffmpeg -i 'https://vod-adaptive-ak.vimeocdn.com/exp=1718817345~acl=%2F0cc54773-bd6b-41ae-8a72-ec89ae8a632b%2F%2A~hmac=4f719fcbe1703876d062060230d299ce084fa536ffd819c44a1b149aa57b9d0b/0cc54773-bd6b-41ae-8a72-ec89ae8a632b/v2/playlist/av/0cc54773/avf/4f3a6100/media.m3u8?pathsig=8c953e4f~JQ-uf2yp9D0neDNz72UAnte3xRs1VPe9r7tub80Ewlc&qsr=1&st=video&ext-subs=1&rh=1sIDIB' -i 'https://vod-adaptive-ak.vimeocdn.com/exp=1718817345~acl=%2F0cc54773-bd6b-41ae-8a72-ec89ae8a632b%2F%2A~hmac=4f719fcbe1703876d062060230d299ce084fa536ffd819c44a1b149aa57b9d0b/0cc54773-bd6b-41ae-8a72-ec89ae8a632b/v2/playlist/av/0cc54773/avf/1564e349/media.m3u8?pathsig=8c953e4f~7FUAsn3aK4pwsthZ6EI1JwwRrtaCTttUJYavE3s5YdM&qsr=1&st=audio&ext-subs=1&rh=1sIDIB' -c copy -map 0:v:0 -map 1:a:0 'Interview.mp4'

try

i got 403'd on this. It might have to be the case that you pass cookies with the req

[slayer36]

I'm encountering the same issue on a publicly available video: here.

If you find a way, can you describe how you did it? Thanks!

ffmpeg -i 'https://vod-adaptive-ak.vimeocdn.com/exp=1718817345~acl=%2F0cc54773-bd6b-41ae-8a72-ec89ae8a632b%2F%2A~hmac=4f719fcbe1703876d062060230d299ce084fa536ffd819c44a1b149aa57b9d0b/0cc54773-bd6b-41ae-8a72-ec89ae8a632b/v2/playlist/av/0cc54773/avf/4f3a6100/media.m3u8?pathsig=8c953e4f~JQ-uf2yp9D0neDNz72UAnte3xRs1VPe9r7tub80Ewlc&qsr=1&st=video&ext-subs=1&rh=1sIDIB' -i 'https://vod-adaptive-ak.vimeocdn.com/exp=1718817345~acl=%2F0cc54773-bd6b-41ae-8a72-ec89ae8a632b%2F%2A~hmac=4f719fcbe1703876d062060230d299ce084fa536ffd819c44a1b149aa57b9d0b/0cc54773-bd6b-41ae-8a72-ec89ae8a632b/v2/playlist/av/0cc54773/avf/1564e349/media.m3u8?pathsig=8c953e4f~7FUAsn3aK4pwsthZ6EI1JwwRrtaCTttUJYavE3s5YdM&qsr=1&st=audio&ext-subs=1&rh=1sIDIB' -c copy -map 0:v:0 -map 1:a:0 'Interview.mp4'

try

i got 403'd on this. It might have to be the case that you pass cookies with the req

wait let me send new links

[slayer36]

ffmpeg.exe -i 'https://vod-adaptive-ak.vimeocdn.com/exp=1718825966~acl=%2F0cc54773-bd6b-41ae-8a72-ec89ae8a632b%2F%2A~hmac=1058b98798944875774cfc552afdd946dd26ae9f2516a992fffcdafb818bb2dd/0cc54773-bd6b-41ae-8a72-ec89ae8a632b/v2/playlist/av/0cc54773/avf/4f3a6100/media.m3u8?pathsig=8c953e4f~JQ-uf2yp9D0neDNz72UAnte3xRs1VPe9r7tub80Ewlc&qsr=1&st=video&ext-subs=1&omit=hevc&rh=1sIDIB' -i 'https://vod-adaptive-ak.vimeocdn.com/exp=1718825966~acl=%2F0cc54773-bd6b-41ae-8a72-ec89ae8a632b%2F%2A~hmac=1058b98798944875774cfc552afdd946dd26ae9f2516a992fffcdafb818bb2dd/0cc54773-bd6b-41ae-8a72-ec89ae8a632b/v2/playlist/av/0cc54773/avf/1564e349/media.m3u8?pathsig=8c953e4f~7FUAsn3aK4pwsthZ6EI1JwwRrtaCTttUJYavE3s5YdM&qsr=1&st=audio&ext-subs=1&omit=hevc&rh=1sIDIB' -c copy -map 0:v:0 -map 1:a:0 'Interview.mp4'

https://www.swisstransfer.com/d/26af66ef-75b2-431e-8e4e-3a0b723d4332

[maz22]

Send video url

I cannot as it is a paid service that needs my credentials. The same problem is described here:
https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/414958-How-to-download-vimeo-video-from-a-new-stream-url

are you able to get master.json link?

no, there is no master.json request, only playlist.json. I tried a few times. How did you create such m3u8 file from the link from Marvelous? Because when I browse to it there is no m3u8 in the requests.

[slayer36]

Send video url

I cannot as it is a paid service that needs my credentials. The same problem is described here:
https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/414958-How-to-download-vimeo-video-from-a-new-stream-url

are you able to get master.json link?

no, there is no master.json request, only playlist.json. I tried a few times. How did you create such m3u8 file from the link from Marvelous? Because when I browse to it there is no m3u8 in the requests.

open Network Tab and filter

player.vimeo.com/video/

and in response tab of this url you can find links

[Marvelous]

Thanks slayer, that worked.

@maz22 > to complement his answer:

You can apply the text filter as slayer mentioned, with either All or HTML selected, as we're looking for a HTML file, not an XHR.
That file contains the source of the iframe containing the video that Vimeo serves, and only accessible from its containing website (can't open that page directly in a new browser tab due to the video's privacy setting at Vimeo).

With the appropriate Network request line selected, the content of that file is visible in the Response tab (must toggle Raw to see it), and contains multiple m3u8 URLs.

Pick any one, and all that is left to do is find and replace those pesky

\u0026

in the URL with

&

(regular ampersands)

You can then feed the thus edited m3u8 URL straight to yt-dlp, wrapped with double quotes, e.g.:

C:\yt-dlp.exe "https://vod-adaptive-ak.vimeocdn.com/(...)/playlist.m3u8?(...)"

[maz22]

Thanks slayer, that worked.

@maz22 > to complement his answer:

You can apply the text filter as slayer mentioned, with either All or HTML selected, as we're looking for a HTML file, not an XHR.
That file contains the source of the iframe containing the video that Vimeo serves, and only accessible when embedded (can't open that page directly in a new browser tab due to the video's privacy setting at Vimeo).

With the appropriate Network request line selected, the content of that file is visible in the Response tab (must toggle Raw to see it), and contains m3u8 URLs.

Pick any one, and all that is left to do is find and replace those pesky

\u0026

in the URL with

&

(regular ampersands)

You can then feed the thus edited m3u8 URL straight to yt-dlp (might need to wrap it with double quotes).

Thank you and @slayer36, this works!

[thenvideohelp]

Thanks everybody. I still have one problem - followed @Marvelous summary and was able to download video, but it arrived as two files - one video file, and a separate audio file. Any idea what I'm doing wrong? Thanks!

[cedric8528]

Use ffmpeg to merge audio and video

ffmpeg -i video.mp4 -i audio.m4a -c copy output.mp4