Using Inspect for link for Private Vimeo video stopped working 2 weeks ago

[studentAZ]

Hello.

Thank you very much in advance for any help. I am on a HP Chromebook Version 125.0.6422.197 (Official Build) (64-bit).

I pay for a weekly class that is streamed as a private Vimeo video. I cannot always watch it during the 7 days it is available, so had learned how to use inspect to find the vod akamized link under Network then downloaded the audio at least (as I did not know how to blend the silent video w the audio file and could not seem to find any clear info or instruction on if yt-dlp or the ffmpeg thing are downloadable on a chromebook.)

Two weeks ago I followed the same path I had been using, but when I entered the link it said 403 Forbidden. And I have not been able to download since. I wondered if the video owner may have found IP address of class members who downloaded the audio and blocked this chromebook from downloading. Or if there has been any change in private Vimeo videos in the past few weeks that has made downloading via Inspect and VODakamized link no longer possible. This class is important for me to be able to listen to and I would like to find out what changed and how I might get at least the audio now.

My IT level is not very high. I am a disabled older person also with not very high speed internet, so not sure if the yt dlp ffmpeg thing could work on this chromebook if I could figure out how to do it. The only Linux thing I ever put on this CB was to read data from CPAP machine. After i did that, I would get a message box popping up saying you are critically low on disk space for Linux, even though the only thing ever on it was the OSCAR CPAP file. I don't know if that means I could not even try to get ytdlp thing on here if there is a way to put it on Chromebook.

Thank you again for any help. The link for this weeks class that is good until Wednesday morning is https://facim.org/encounters-with-ken-recording-557989/.

[2nHxWW6GkN1l916N3ayz8HQoi]

https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/414958-How-to-download-vimeo-video-from-a-new-stre...e2#post2741697

https://www.transfernow.net/dl/20240708TUa81TQh

[studentAZ]

Wow! Thank you very much for the link with the video! Very very much appreciated

I will read through the link with instructions to see if I can navigate how to do this myself for future classes and ask questions if needed then.

Thank you again very much. Your time, energy and sharing of your ability to do this is again very very much appreciated.

Peace

[jack_666]

@2nHxWW6GkN1l916N3ayz8HQoi ... another task well done. You're a credit and shining light

Speaking of shining lights, @studentAZ, thanks for bringing this lecture to my attention. Love the reference to Othello's speech ... take out the light (the lamp he's holding) then take out the light (The life of his wife Desdemona)


Anyway, downloading this stream was quite interesting. I started with downloading (curl) the video and audio components followed by muxing them.


Then I did some more experimenting and lo and behold I determined that it was quite easy.


All that is required is

yt-dlp "https://facim.org/encounters-with-ken-recording-557989/"

[2nHxWW6GkN1l916N3ayz8HQoi]

Nice catch @jack. I just saw private vimeo in the title and didn't bother checking easier solutions. @studentAZ you don't need a script, @jack's solution is better.

[studentAZ]

Thank you both very much. Two lights....

As said in first post, I have not been able to see how to download yt-dlp on a Chromebook anywhere in a straight forward manner for my level of IT. It was confusing to me back when I tried to look for it as it seemed like the download link for Windows or a Macbook was right upfront. THen trying to see if it could work on chromebook I saw not link, but some kind of links with linux and debian and other things I did not understand vs just click here- Download- done.

I tried searching to see if I could find any simplified instructions somewhere on how to download it on a Chromebook, but strangely could not find any ie a youtube video/reddit/etc. Does anyone have a link to where I download yt-dlp straighforward on this HP Chromebook Version 125.0.6422.197 (Official Build) (64-bit)? Or to some basic clear instruction for a very low IT person with no use of linux on this chromebook before? Thank you very much. I need to see if I can make it work for last week's video before it expires.

[studentAZ]

For example, I see this page https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/Installation but I cannot make sense of where this is showing how to install it on a chromebook.

If anyone can please advise, it is very much appreciated. This is the video link that is going to expire tomorrow https://facim.org/encounters-with-ken-recording-207716/ and I have not been able to install yt-dlp yet. If someone could save this as I am working out how to do this myself- thank you very much.

Edit: Adding the only thread I see when searching install yt-dlp on chromebook with no instructions-
https://www.reddit.com/r/youtubedl/comments/r8tl2e/trying_to_install_ytdlp_on_a_chromebook_but_need/

and

This is an idiot guide for windows install. Does anyone know of where a guide like this for chromebook install may be located?
https://www.reddit.com/r/youtubedl/comments/r8tl2e/trying_to_install_ytdlp_on_a_chromebook_but_need/

[2nHxWW6GkN1l916N3ayz8HQoi]

yt-dlp will give you 429 if used directly on that page. The script worked however even if it still uses yt-dlp. Weird.

https://www.transfernow.net/dl/20240717YNdlKZ1u

[studentAZ]

THank you so much, Feels Good Man! Truly helpful and very very much appreciated. I am still working on how to install it on chromebook. Curious what the 429 may be if I do get it on here somehow. But will see about it once I figure out how to install and hopefully will work. Thank you again very much for this week's class as I continue working on being able to do this myself. It seems like there would be an idiot's guide to installing yt-dlp on chromebook somewhere. I am not sure why I can't locate one with usual search methods, but hopefully will come around to this idiot soon

[2nHxWW6GkN1l916N3ayz8HQoi]

429 like all magic 3 digit numbers, is a status code, something returned by a request. In this context, 429 means:

429 Too Many Requests

The HTTP 429 Too Many Requests response status code indicates the user has sent too many requests in a given amount of time ("rate limiting").

A Retry-After header might be included to this response indicating how long to wait before making a new request.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/429

From what I've seen Chromebook uses Chrome OS which is a Linux derivative. I dunno if the yt-dlp linux release works on your OS but it's worth a try.
https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases

Another solution would be for you to get a proper PC/laptop (as cheap as possible) but I doubt this advice is useful for you.

[aqzs]

Another solution would be for you to get a proper PC/laptop (as cheap as possible) but I doubt this advice is useful for you.

I could suggest doing it on google colab for free (ironic to download google videos hosted on google servers using google servers ):

!pip install [url=https://www.videohelp.com/software/yt-dlp]yt-dlp[/url]
!yt-dlp "YOUR VIDEO URL"

(File can be downloaded in /content/)

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Or on a cheap VPS too.

[2nHxWW6GkN1l916N3ayz8HQoi]

Nice find

[studentAZ]

So when I try to download/install yt-dlp on this page https://www.videohelp.com/software/yt-dlp clicking the Linux one, it puts a file on that says it is 27.3mb. When I click it to open it just loops back to the same file page to save it again. When I save it again, it says there is already a file with this name.

When I try to download from the other link you posted, thank you!, here https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp?tab=readme-ov-file#installation clicking the Linus version
it puts a 2.8mb file that looks like this:


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Any guidance would be very much appreciated. At week three and haven't figured it out yet on this machine for this week's class recording expiring tomorrow https://facim.org/encounters-with-ken-recording-308935/.

Yes, a new machine is not in the cards at present. Does anyone know why downloading it using Inspect and the akamized file would have stopped working suddenly?
Thank you for your help with this.

[slayer36]

So when I try to download/install yt-dlp on this page https://www.videohelp.com/software/yt-dlp clicking the Linux one, it puts a file on that says it is 27.3mb. When I click it to open it just loops back to the same file page to save it again. When I save it again, it says there is already a file with this name.

When I try to download from the other link you posted, thank you!, here https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp?tab=readme-ov-file#installation clicking the Linus version
it puts a 2.8mb file that looks like this:


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Any guidance would be very much appreciated. At week three and haven't figured it out yet on this machine for this week's class recording expiring tomorrow https://facim.org/encounters-with-ken-recording-308935/.

Yes, a new machine is not in the cards at present. Does anyone know why downloading it using Inspect and the akamized file would have stopped working suddenly?
Thank you for your help with this.

use IDM man...

[2nHxWW6GkN1l916N3ayz8HQoi]

this week's class recording expiring tomorrow https://facim.org/encounters-with-ken-recording-308935/.

https://www.transfernow.net/dl/20240724T7Hr6bhB

[studentAZ]

Feels Good Man, you are very kind. Thank you third time, truly. Regarding IDM, is that another thing like yt-dlp or is that something that helps to install yt-dlp?

I am slowly starting to wonder if with the Inspect way I was able to do having stopped working and not being able to find any information as to why and if there
is a workaround anywhere, including this forum so far, if I am just going to have to let it go. The strange symbols in the screenshot above when I tried to install yt-dlp seem to indicate to me that it isn't going to work on this chromebook maybe. I haven't given up all hope yet, but am planting the seeds of befriending the death of being able to have a little more time to watch this weekly class before it is taken down each week.

If anyone knows of an idiot's guide to installing yt-dlp as wondered in previous post, please let me know. I don't know what IDM is.... More will be revealed. Thank you again, Feels Good Man, for your noteworthy generosity....

[2nHxWW6GkN1l916N3ayz8HQoi]

I think IDM is a browser addon. Click on the forum link for IDM and check it. No idea if it works for your site but it's worth a try.

[larley]

Why not install python and use yt-dlp in it's python form?

[slayer36]

it works on most of the websites.