How do I download m4s segment videos and combine them to mp4 format ?

[Piksel]

Thank you so much for your quick help! I will try this.

[Piksel]

Thanks

[bueyfx]

https://we.tl/t-kYp1GSxwWb

Really thanks Vegeta!

Can you please tell me how did you that? I need to extract many videos from that page... I have youtube-dl installed on my Mac.

Thanks again

[[ss]vegeta]

Can you please tell me how did you do that?

I hate MACs.
If I remember correctly, most of the tools I tried, failed (I don't have IDM so try that).

I downloaded the audio with Video Downloadhelper add-on.
For the video, I downloaded the segments that load up in developer tool's network tab and merged them with type command in Windows (I explained this in some of latest posts for another video, I think it was the Facebook thread one).
Also, I think the init file was missing in the network tab so I had to find the master.json file, check the response, copy the base64 of the init, use a site that converts base64 to file (base64 guru something)... I went through a lot of trouble!
Then I merged with ffmpeg.

Oh, I found an easy way

ytdlp.exe --referer "https://www.artofthetitle.com/" "https://player.vimeo.com/video/39355651"

[karapuz]

Can you please tell me how did you that?

IDM

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/simple-vimeo-downloader/mffmjlddchdccijipncbjhoabgmphjfb
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/video-downloader-for-vime/cgmcdpfpkoildicgacgldinemhgmcbgp

[bueyfx]

Can you please tell me how did you do that?

I hate MACs.
If I remember correctly, most of the tools I tried, failed (I don't have IDM so try that).

I downloaded the audio with Video Downloadhelper add-on.
For the video, I downloaded the segments that load up in developer tool's network tab and merged them with type command in Windows (I explained this in some of latest posts for another video, I think it was the Facebook thread one).
Also, I think the init file was missing in the network tab so I had to find the master.json file, check the response, copy the base64 of the init, use a site that converts base64 to file (base64 guru something)... I went through a lot of trouble!
Then I merged with ffmpeg.

Oh, I found an easy way

ytdlp.exe --referer "https://www.artofthetitle.com/" "https://player.vimeo.com/video/39355651"

hahha you are a crack Vegeta! Thanks Really

Can you please tell me how did you that?

IDM

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/simple-vimeo-downloader/mffmjlddchdccijipncbjhoabgmphjfb
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/video-downloader-for-vime/cgmcdpfpkoildicgacgldinemhgmcbgp

Simple Vimeo Downloader works perfect, thank you very much ))

[Gew]

Hmm, guys, has Vimeo started using another name than ~MPD for the manifest, lately? I'm trying to retrieve a Vimeo video that does not appear to be DRM-protected, I can fetch it using free web utilities such as savethevideo.com/ without any problems, so I sort of have it worked out already, but just out of pure stubbornness, I'd like to know that I can process it manually, too, using nothing but a web browser and ffmpeg binary for utilities. However, running the Developer debugger in my browser, watching the Network section, I get all these segment-<no>.m4s files spitted, but when I filter for "mpd" I get nothing, so I'm kind of dazed and confused at the moment Ideas?

[[ss]vegeta]

Hmm, guys, has Vimeo started using another name than ~MPD for the manifest, lately? I'm trying to retrieve a Vimeo video that does not appear to be DRM-protected, I can fetch it using free web utilities such as savethevideo.com/ without any problems, so I sort of have it worked out already, but just out of pure stubbornness, I'd like to know that I can process it manually, too, using nothing but a web browser and ffmpeg binary for utilities. However, running the Developer debugger in my browser, watching the Network section, I get all these segment-<no>.m4s files spitted, but when I filter for "mpd" I get nothing, so I'm kind of dazed and confused at the moment Ideas?

Vimeo never really had clearly visible mpds.
You can find out the mpds if you use Fiddler and ytdlp -F "link".

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You should definitely switch to using ytdlp for downloading.

[iamghost]

go and find filter = "config" in network tab, open in new tab so you can see m3u8 links there

[Gew]

Vimeo never really had clearly visible mpds.
You can find out the mpds if you use Fiddler and ytdlp -F "link".
You should definitely switch to using ytdlp for downloading.

I have understood that this piece of free software is widely used and considered neat in all ways.
I will start using it for sure, but I still like to know if there's a way to get the MPD link manually.
Fiddler is not freeware and I'd rather just use GNU/GPL stuff for my workflow.
However, I guess Developer console in Firefox or Chrome would work as well?

go and find filter = "config" in network tab, open in new tab so you can see m3u8 links there

Thanks, filtering on "config" gives me 5-10 hits, tried all of them but none of them are accepted as direct ffmpeg input! :/
Some of them gives me 404 Unauthorized for response (command-line), is this due to some not-DRM-but-other link protection?

[[ss]vegeta]

Fiddler is not freeware

I'm not talking about Fiddler Everywhere.
Fiddler Classic is freeware and that's what I use.

However, I guess Developer console in Firefox or Chrome would work as well?

Not sure about that, I couldn't find MPDs via the developer tools. They are probably there, somewhere, but hidden inside something else.

[skilltrick]

Hello, i would like to download a video with several m4s segment in network but i can't find any mpd file on it to download it with youtube-dl...

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Here is the video link : https://numadeo.com/machine-typ50654536

Thank you very much

[jagabo]

Here is the video link : https://numadeo.com/machine-typ50654536

https://quick.vidalytics.com/video/VAWqgkXs/JkbkppEDw8_RrK6B/48361/40454/stream.mpd

Found with The Stream Detector plugin for FireFox.

[funkyfela]

Please, I have tried to no avail to get this video. I want to be pointed to the right direction cos i keep getting different errors.

[vimeo] 116316317: Downloading webpage
ERROR: [vimeo] 116316317: Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 404: Not Found (caused by <HTTPError 404: 'Not Found'>); please report this issue on https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp . Make sure you are using the latest version; type yt-dlp -U to update. Be sure to call yt-dlp with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
Press any key to continue . . .

I tried, the youtube gui, the youtube cmd mode and also tvdownloader.

all to no avail.
There are tutorials i want from there.

i tried

youtube-dl -f bestvideo+bestaudio https://player.vimeo.com/video/116316317
youtube-dl -f bestvideo+bestaudio https://vimeo.com/video/116316317
youtube-dl https://player.vimeo.com/video/116316317
youtube-dl https://vimeo.com/video/116316317
youtube-dl.exe https://player.vimeo.com/video/116316317
youtube-dl.exe https://vimeo.com/video/116316317

thanks in anticipation

[jagabo]

You need to provide the referer field to download that video. You get that from the web page you got the vimeo url.

yt-dlp --referer "https://some.other.web.site" https://player.vimeo.com/video/116316317

[funkyfela]

Hello thanks for your response. By the referer do you mean the site I am watching the video from? If so, this is where I am watching it from

https://ihatetomatoes.net/module-1/anatomy-html-css/

So how do I put the referer. Mind you, I have to be logged in before I can view the video though.

Thanks

[jagabo]

You have to look at the request header to be sure. But with that video, yes it's simply the url of requesting site:

yt-dlp --referer https://ihatetomatoes.net https://player.vimeo.com/video/116316317

[funkyfela]

Thanks. Downloading now

[KittyGalore]

Hello has anyone approved my previous request?

[solarjunk]

I saw the mdp links via MS Edge's Developer Tools (F12). For example with the 8086 pipelining video:

https://bae.sgp1.digitaloceanspaces.com/videos/32/dash/9ceb48714eeefc9389979e51fecd5f69.mpd

Using youtube-dl:

youtube-dl https://bae.sgp1.digitaloceanspaces.com/videos/32/dash/9ceb48714eeefc9389979e51fecd5f69.mpd

got a ~123 MB, 960x540 mp4 file. There are also 854x480, 640x360, and 426x240 versions.

Does this method works in 2023? I need to download from bharatacharyaeducation dot com.

[forrie]

Vimeo has changed their code significantly since this original post. They are using several JS scripts, encrypted streams and a CDN. Other than a plugin that can intercept these calls within the actual authenticated browser, I don't see a way that yt-dlp could download a protected Vimeo video; that is, a video someone produces for a subscription and it's hidden behind these.