Cannot download embedded vimeo video

[jin_mui84]

Hi all,

I'm new to this forum. Would like to download videos posted by my kids' school but their IT guy seems to be very good at embedding videos recently.

I've been using the "inspect" function to find a link then download it with Videoproc AI software and it usually works except this time.

I would be very grateful if anyone can help me out here. Below link is what I found using "inspect" function but Videoproc cannot analyze this link:

https://player.vimeo.com/video/911759740?autoplay=1&h=77dc4a7929


or below is what's given by school:
link: https://vimeo.com/911759740?share=copy
password: lhkne2024

Thank you very much for your help in advance!

[Karoolus]

Here is your file

https://www.swisstransfer.com/d/36845a88-051f-4604-be66-c2411fe9e132

[jin_mui84]

Thanks so much! Do you mind sharing how to do so? Thanks!

Here is your file

https://www.swisstransfer.com/d/36845a88-051f-4604-be66-c2411fe9e132

[Karoolus]

I was able to extract 2 mp4 files from the developer console, one for video and one for audio. I merged them using ffmpeg

[stabbedbybrick]

With developer tools open, filter for "master.json". Copy that link and change it to "master.mpd". Now, you can use that link with basically any downloader and get up to 4k:

❯ yt-dlp -F "https://92vod-adaptive.akamaized.net/exp=1707990411~acl=%2Faeebd0aa-e553-430a-8436-dde83a234e23%2F%2A~hmac=e71b3f602e3064e3ec4c4fe6eda0e49607364fea1ddfb364cb35bfd2facfcdc7/aeebd0aa-e553-430a-8436-dde83a234e23/sep/video/2c7bcfc9,30cf162b,4be09b14,8ab431fa,90ae82a1,cf200685,dd785cc2/audio/52ec0ad3,ac07bba5,c4ad1e80/master.mpd?base64_init=1&query_string_ranges=1"
[generic] Extracting URL: https://92vod-adaptive.akamaized.net/exp=1707990411~acl=%2Faeebd0aa-e553-430a-8436-dde83a234e23%2...uery_string_ranges=1
[generic] master: Downloading webpage
WARNING: [generic] Falling back on generic information extractor
[generic] master: Extracting information
[info] Available formats for master:
ID             EXT RESOLUTION │    TBR PROTO │ VCODEC         VBR ACODEC      ABR ASR MORE INFO
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
audio-52ec0ad3 m4a audio only │   195k dash  │ audio only         mp4a.40.2  195k 48k DASH audio, m4a_dash
audio-ac07bba5 m4a audio only │    69k dash  │ audio only         opus        69k 48k DASH audio, m4a_dash
audio-c4ad1e80 m4a audio only │   101k dash  │ audio only         opus       101k 48k DASH audio, m4a_dash
video-dd785cc2 mp4 426x240    │   314k dash  │ avc1.640015   314k video only          DASH video, mp4_dash
video-cf200685 mp4 640x360    │   671k dash  │ avc1.64001E   671k video only          DASH video, mp4_dash
video-90ae82a1 mp4 960x540    │  1305k dash  │ avc1.64001F  1305k video only          DASH video, mp4_dash
video-4be09b14 mp4 1280x720   │  2859k dash  │ avc1.640020  2859k video only          DASH video, mp4_dash
video-30cf162b mp4 1920x1080  │  5271k dash  │ avc1.64002A  5271k video only          DASH video, mp4_dash
video-2c7bcfc9 mp4 2560x1440  │  8874k dash  │ avc1.640033  8874k video only          DASH video, mp4_dash
video-8ab431fa mp4 3840x2160  │ 17048k dash  │ avc1.640034 17048k video only          DASH video, mp4_dash

[Karoolus]

I didn't even check that, good call

[jin_mui84]

Hi all again,

I still cannot figure out an easy way to download my kid's educational video. Would be very grateful if someone can shed some light to a mom who's not very techno savvy.

My kid's school uploads a bunch of videos to vimeo with a link and password. I used to be able to generate another link by adding the video to "watch later" and then use that link and download the video using VideoProc or By Click Downloader.

Few months ago, I had to right click the video then press "inspect" and look up another link by finding keyword "secure". However, none of these methods work anymore.

Can anyone please help me out by teaching me how to do it as I need to continuously download videos on a monthly basis.

One example of the video link I got from "water later" of Vimeo:

https://vimeo.com/922367202/28a39ea699

Then by using "inspect", I found another link: https://player.vimeo.com/video/922367202?autoplay=1&h=28a39ea699

Neither of them is downloadable using Videoproc or By Click Downloader.

Thanks a lot in advance!

[white_snake]

yt-dlp makes this very easy. In your command line just run:

yt-dlp https://vimeo.com/922367202/28a39ea699

[jin_mui84]

yt-dlp makes this very easy. In your command line just run:

yt-dlp https://vimeo.com/922367202/28a39ea699

Hi, thank you for replying!

Sorry if I'm being dumb. I tried to run yt-dlp and then a black box came up. I tried to paste the vimeo link there but the box disappeared....

[white_snake]

yt-dlp makes this very easy. In your command line just run:

yt-dlp https://vimeo.com/922367202/28a39ea699

Hi, thank you for replying!

Sorry if I'm being dumb. I tried to run yt-dlp and then a black box came up. I tried to paste the vimeo link there but the box disappeared....

Don't double click on yt-dlp. Open your command prompt first (the black box), then drag and drop yt-dlp in it: this will generate the absolute path to yt-dlp. After the absolute path just paste your video link and hit enter.

[jin_mui84]

yt-dlp makes this very easy. In your command line just run:

yt-dlp https://vimeo.com/922367202/28a39ea699

Hi, thank you for replying!

Sorry if I'm being dumb. I tried to run yt-dlp and then a black box came up. I tried to paste the vimeo link there but the box disappeared....

Don't double click on yt-dlp. Open your command prompt first (the black box), then drag and drop yt-dlp in it: this will generate the absolute path to yt-dlp. After the absolute path just paste your video link and hit enter.

I got this screen now:

[jin_mui84]

yt-dlp makes this very easy. In your command line just run:

yt-dlp https://vimeo.com/922367202/28a39ea699

Hi White Snake,

I think I found those files now but they're broken into one m4a and one mp4 file.

Is there a way to just download one complete video with highest resolution?

Thanks a lot!

[white_snake]

yt-dlp makes this very easy. In your command line just run:

yt-dlp https://vimeo.com/922367202/28a39ea699

Hi White Snake,

I think I found those files now but they're broken into one m4a and one mp4 file.

Is there a way to just download one complete video with highest resolution?

Thanks a lot!

For me they were automatically muxed (merged) into one file. From the previous screenshot it looks like you have some problems with ffmpeg (you likely have an old version), which is what handles the muxing. Replace it with one from here: https://github.com/yt-dlp/FFmpeg-Builds/releases (ffmpeg-master-latest-win64-gpl.zip is probably the one you need). If you don't know exactly how to replace it, simply unpacking ffmpeg.exe in the same folder as yt-dlp should do the job.

Btw the command automatically grabs the highest resolution for you (which isn't very high in this case).

[jin_mui84]

yt-dlp makes this very easy. In your command line just run:

yt-dlp https://vimeo.com/922367202/28a39ea699

Hi White Snake,

I think I found those files now but they're broken into one m4a and one mp4 file.

Is there a way to just download one complete video with highest resolution?

Thanks a lot!

For me they were automatically muxed (merged) into one file. From the previous screenshot it looks like you have some problems with ffmpeg (you likely have an old version), which is what handles the muxing. Replace it with one from here: https://github.com/yt-dlp/FFmpeg-Builds/releases (ffmpeg-master-latest-win64-gpl.zip is probably the one you need). If you don't know exactly how to replace it, simply unpacking ffmpeg.exe in the same folder as yt-dlp should do the job.

Btw the command automatically grabs the highest resolution for you (which isn't very high in this case).

Hi White Snake,

Thanks for your advice. I re-installed the newest ffmpeg (after 2 attempts) and I got it!

Thank you so much again! You're such a life safer.

Do you know if I need to update the newest ffmpeg and yt-dlp to my command prompt every now and then? I'm not sure if I can figure it out again as this is way beyond my IT knowledge， LOL

[jin_mui84]

yt-dlp makes this very easy. In your command line just run:

yt-dlp https://vimeo.com/922367202/28a39ea699

Hi White Snake,

I think I found those files now but they're broken into one m4a and one mp4 file.

Is there a way to just download one complete video with highest resolution?

Thanks a lot!

For me they were automatically muxed (merged) into one file. From the previous screenshot it looks like you have some problems with ffmpeg (you likely have an old version), which is what handles the muxing. Replace it with one from here: https://github.com/yt-dlp/FFmpeg-Builds/releases (ffmpeg-master-latest-win64-gpl.zip is probably the one you need). If you don't know exactly how to replace it, simply unpacking ffmpeg.exe in the same folder as yt-dlp should do the job.

Btw the command automatically grabs the highest resolution for you (which isn't very high in this case).

Hi White Snake,

Thanks for your advice. I re-installed the newest ffmpeg (after 2 attempts) and I got it!

Thank you so much again! You're such a life safer.

Do you know if I need to update the newest ffmpeg and yt-dlp to my command prompt every now and then? I'm not sure if I can figure it out again as this is way beyond my IT knowledge， LOL

I also searched thru youtube last night and added "Fetch V" as a Chrome extention. It seems to work also but need to play the video first then start to run the video and it will eventually download. However it takes longer in case of long videos.

I have to say the school seems to have a very strong IT team LOL

[[ss]vegeta]

Do you know if I need to update the newest ffmpeg and yt-dlp every now and then

With the newest ffmpeg you are probably fine for a looong time.
As for yt-dlp, depends what (which sites) you use it for, but you are also fine unless something specific changes in the site you are downloading from and perhaps the devs of yt-dlp needs to update yt-dlp to make it work again for your site...

[white_snake]

Hi White Snake,

Thanks for your advice. I re-installed the newest ffmpeg (after 2 attempts) and I got it!

Thank you so much again! You're such a life safer.

Do you know if I need to update the newest ffmpeg and yt-dlp to my command prompt every now and then? I'm not sure if I can figure it out again as this is way beyond my IT knowledge， LOL

Well done, you're welcome.

Like vegeta said, if you'll ever need to update ffmpeg, that will be in a long time. Sites often change the way they work though, so yt-dlp will need updates every now and then to update its extractor for vimeo. You can update yt-dlp with this command:

yt-dlp -U