How to download vimeo video from a new stream url?

[Joraba]

Hello there!
I'm facing a problem that vimeo has changed the stream url from

…master.json?…

to something like this:

https://vod-adaptive-ak.vimeocdn.com/exp=…hmac=…/…/v2/playlist/av/primary/playlist.json?omit=…&pathsig=…&qsr=…&rh=…

Does anyone know how to download this url?

What I tried so far (I'm using yt-dlp for that):
1. Change .json to .mpd - not helped.
2. Change .json to .m3u8 - not helped.
2. Step 1 + remove all following parameters + add query_string_ranges=1 (also tried with qsr=1) - not helped.

Thanks for help.

[slayer36]

Hello there!
I'm facing a problem that vimeo has changed the stream url from

…master.json?…

to something like this:

https://vod-adaptive-ak.vimeocdn.com/exp=…hmac=…/…/v2/playlist/av/primary/playlist.json?omit=…&pathsig=…&qsr=…&rh=…

Does anyone know how to download this url?

What I tried so far (I'm using yt-dlp for that):
1. Change .json to .mpd - not helped.
2. Step 1 + remove all following parameters + add query_string_ranges=1 (also tried with qsr=1) - not helped.

Thanks for help.

what's the video URL ?

[Joraba]

I'm sorry I can't share the full url but I can test any suggestions.

[shellcmd]

try change playlist.json to playlist.m3u8 or playlist.mpd

[Joraba]

try change playlist.json to playlist.m3u8 or playlist.mpd

No, it's not working. But the playlist.json looks very similar to master.json inside.

[slayer36]

try change playlist.json to playlist.m3u8 or playlist.mpd

No, it's not working. But the playlist.json looks very similar to master.json inside.

can you drop json file?

[Joraba]

try change playlist.json to playlist.m3u8 or playlist.mpd

No, it's not working. But the playlist.json looks very similar to master.json inside.

can you drop json file?

Here it is: https://privatebin.net/?9593065d50fb754f#EttaPyEzn2VLoCMPECdWK2oThqdqTxT786jxFaQV9m6W

[slayer36]

try change playlist.json to playlist.m3u8 or playlist.mpd

No, it's not working. But the playlist.json looks very similar to master.json inside.

can you drop json file?

Here it is: https://privatebin.net/?9593065d50fb754f#EttaPyEzn2VLoCMPECdWK2oThqdqTxT786jxFaQV9m6W

can you provide this xhr file ? https://player.vimeo.com/video/..../config

[Joraba]

try change playlist.json to playlist.m3u8 or playlist.mpd

No, it's not working. But the playlist.json looks very similar to master.json inside.

can you drop json file?

Here it is: https://privatebin.net/?9593065d50fb754f#EttaPyEzn2VLoCMPECdWK2oThqdqTxT786jxFaQV9m6W

can you provide this xhr file ? https://player.vimeo.com/video/..../config

How can I find it?

[slayer36]

try change playlist.json to playlist.m3u8 or playlist.mpd

No, it's not working. But the playlist.json looks very similar to master.json inside.

can you drop json file?

Here it is: https://privatebin.net/?9593065d50fb754f#EttaPyEzn2VLoCMPECdWK2oThqdqTxT786jxFaQV9m6W

can you provide this xhr file ? https://player.vimeo.com/video/..../config

How can I find it?

use filter

player.vimeo.com/video/

[Joraba]

try change playlist.json to playlist.m3u8 or playlist.mpd

No, it's not working. But the playlist.json looks very similar to master.json inside.

can you drop json file?

Here it is: https://privatebin.net/?9593065d50fb754f#EttaPyEzn2VLoCMPECdWK2oThqdqTxT786jxFaQV9m6W

can you provide this xhr file ? https://player.vimeo.com/video/..../config

How can I find it?

use filter

player.vimeo.com/video/

Still don't get it. It is a private video embedded into the webpage. Should I find it in the Source Code of the webpage?

[slayer36]

try change playlist.json to playlist.m3u8 or playlist.mpd

No, it's not working. But the playlist.json looks very similar to master.json inside.

can you drop json file?

Here it is: https://privatebin.net/?9593065d50fb754f#EttaPyEzn2VLoCMPECdWK2oThqdqTxT786jxFaQV9m6W

can you provide this xhr file ? https://player.vimeo.com/video/..../config

How can I find it?

use filter

player.vimeo.com/video/

Still don't get it. It is a private video embedded into the webpage. Should I find it in the Source Code of the webpage?

it's not a issue, you will get it on private embedded videos also

[Joraba]

As far as I can see the playlist.json has xhr file type in the dev tools (Safari). I've already send it above. Am I missing something?

[slayer36]

As far as I can see the playlist.json has xhr file type in the dev tools (Safari). I've already send it above. Am I missing something?

if you provide video url (share here or privately), it will help us to understand and guide you further

[praveentom]

Hi, I was comparing the playlist.json and master.json file... I see the new stream has an additional parameter "pathsig=8c953e4f~CTJo43okczvyFB6v5inwICv8FLKdl1wG 4GS8AzwBoAg" to all the stream links...



Old stream data... in master.json file..
"start": 30.4,
"end": 36.48,
"url": "2644b09a.mp4?r=dXMtd2VzdDE%3D&range=140761-165654",
"size": 24893
},


New stream data... in master.json file..
{
"start": 0,
"end": 6.08,
"url": "8ae305c3-4af9-4b96-9ea6-f800f92dca73.mp4?pathsig=8c953e4f~CTJo43okczvyFB6v 5inwICv8FLKdl1wG4GS8AzwBoAg&r=dXMtY2VudHJhbDE%3D&r ange=16245-62542",
"size": 46297
},

[slayer36]

Hi, I was comparing the playlist.json and master.json file... I see the new stream has an additional parameter "pathsig=8c953e4f~CTJo43okczvyFB6v5inwICv8FLKdl1wG 4GS8AzwBoAg" to all the stream links...



Old stream data... in master.json file..
"start": 30.4,
"end": 36.48,
"url": "2644b09a.mp4?r=dXMtd2VzdDE%3D&range=140761-165654",
"size": 24893
},


New stream data... in master.json file..
{
"start": 0,
"end": 6.08,
"url": "8ae305c3-4af9-4b96-9ea6-f800f92dca73.mp4?pathsig=8c953e4f~CTJo43okczvyFB6v 5inwICv8FLKdl1wG4GS8AzwBoAg&r=dXMtY2VudHJhbDE%3D&r ange=16245-62542",
"size": 46297
},

can you share url of this vimeo video?

[praveentom]

Hi, here is a list to both the files..

Old link with master.json file...
https://vod-adaptive-ak.vimeocdn.com/exp=1718671048~acl=%2Fdcc4b016-6edf-451b-a06d-964...tring_ranges=1


New link with playlist.json file...
https://vod-adaptive-ak.vimeocdn.com/exp=1718671400~acl=%2F31de8fe3-583d-4c9d-aeee-e2a...sr=1&rh=1sbQmw

[slayer36]

Hi, here is a list to both the files..

Old link with master.json file...
https://vod-adaptive-ak.vimeocdn.com/exp=1718671048~acl=%2Fdcc4b016-6edf-451b-a06d-964...tring_ranges=1


New link with playlist.json file...
https://vod-adaptive-ak.vimeocdn.com/exp=1718671400~acl=%2F31de8fe3-583d-4c9d-aeee-e2a...sr=1&rh=1sbQmw

access denied. better share main video url or website

[Abstractox]

Help, vimeo has changed the stream url from

master.json?query_string_ranges=1 to playlist.json?omit=av1

https://vod-adaptive-ak.vimeocdn.com/exp=1718734669~acl=%2F224d3585-9024-4091-aa36-252...ugiVs&rh=nq981


Query String Parameters
omit: av1-hevc
pathsig: 8c953e4f~EpmpxSbPsw_TbszTuYI96kHGHtLDLsbfaMSjRaugi Vs
rh: nq981


1.copy the master.json URL
2.replace .json?base64_init=1 with .mpd
3.provide it to youtube-dl: youtube-dl EDITED_URL

[Miraak00]

I managed to resolve it and downloaded the private video. I'll explain how I did it (sorry for any mistakes, I'm using ChatGPT to translate what I'm writing here because I'm from Brazil hahaha).
The links are private, but I modified them to be able to show you as an example.

This is the main link you get from the site using inspect element:

https://vod-adaptive-ak.vimeocdn.com/exp=1718937078~acl=%2F49f0af01-9ca8-4fa3-adcd-dff...o/b093v584.mp4

You need to remove part of the link, in this example, the part is:

v2/playlist/av/primary/playlist.json?omit=av1-hevc&pathsig=8c953e4f~MeJgdRH8RAqG_BYbVvpbypTAzyRk EYHV13UfYFttssM&qsr=1&rh=33EWfH

You remove everything from "v2" up to the last character before the word "video."

Now you add the word "parcel":

https://vod-adaptive-ak.vimeocdn.com/exp=1718937078~acl=%2F49f0af01-9ca8-4fa3-adcd-dff...o/b093v584.mp4

(The audio follows the same logic)

Then you just paste it into a download program. I use Free Download Manager and it worked for me.

I hope this helps anyone who is having difficulty.

[keep_it_breezy]

I managed to resolve it and downloaded the private video. I'll explain how I did it (sorry for any mistakes, I'm using ChatGPT to translate what I'm writing here because I'm from Brazil hahaha).
The links are private, but I modified them to be able to show you as an example.

This is the main link you get from the site using inspect element:

https://vod-adaptive-ak.vimeocdn.com/exp=1718937078~acl=%2F49f0af01-9ca8-4fa3-adcd-dff...o/b093v584.mp4

You need to remove part of the link, in this example, the part is:

v2/playlist/av/primary/playlist.json?omit=av1-hevc&pathsig=8c953e4f~MeJgdRH8RAqG_BYbVvpbypTAzyRk EYHV13UfYFttssM&qsr=1&rh=33EWfH

You remove everything from "v2" up to the last character before the word "video."

Now you add the word "parcel":

https://vod-adaptive-ak.vimeocdn.com/exp=1718937078~acl=%2F49f0af01-9ca8-4fa3-adcd-dff...o/b093v584.mp4

(The audio follows the same logic)

Then you just paste it into a download program. I use Free Download Manager and it worked for me.

I hope this helps anyone who is having difficulty.

Great you sorted it out! Just want to say as well, WOW chatgpt did a great job at translating! I wouldn't have guessed if you hadn't said!

[praveentom]

still does not work for me....

https://vod-adaptive-ak.vimeocdn.com/exp=1719104801~acl=%2F8848e019-3ba4-4a80-96f9-197...qsr=1&rh=qT5KL

this is the link i get... not sure, why its not accessible for others..

[Miraak00]

still does not work for me....

https://vod-adaptive-ak.vimeocdn.com/exp=1719104801~acl=%2F8848e019-3ba4-4a80-96f9-197...qsr=1&rh=qT5KL

this is the link i get... not sure, why its not accessible for others..

The link you sent does not have the ending that identifies the video, for example: /video/58749c685.mp4, none of the links have this ending.

[vdcookie]

I found another way to make it work for me. I was also getting only the "playlist.json"

Network > sort by doc (HTML) > look for something like "https://player.vimeo.com/video/... > flip to Response > search for "iframe" within Response> take just the URL in the src=\"https://player.vimeo.com/video/..."


hope this helps

[keep_it_breezy]

I found another way to make it work for me. I was also getting only the "playlist.json"

Network > sort by doc (HTML) > look for something like "https://player.vimeo.com/video/... > flip to Response > search for "iframe" within Response> take just the URL in the src=\"https://player.vimeo.com/video/..."


hope this helps

Nice work, love seeing people figure out things like this

[Miraak00]

Guys, I found another alternative. It's a new Google Chrome extension, and it worked very well for me. I'll leave the link here (you have to download the audio separately): https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/downloader-gratuito-do-vi/migiikaijhclkmlpnnf...pgmcpgia?hl=en

I hope this helps you all

[aqzs]

You can use : https://github.com/akiomik/vimeo-dl?tab=readme-ov-file.
Grab the playlist.json's url and run :

vimeo-dl -i "playlist.json's url" --combine -o "save-name"

Exemple : https://go.roadtocondor.com/edc-post-1

vimeo-dl -i "https://vod-adaptive-ak.vimeocdn.com/exp=1719514994~acl=%2F0cc54773-bd6b-41ae-8a72-ec89ae8a632b%2F%2A~hmac=4359ace61d08438678bc54de981c1a066a38e390d6ce6021c0a7ea9669308e65/0cc54773-bd6b-41ae-8a72-ec89ae8a632b/v2/playlist/av/primary/playlist.json?omit=av1-hevc&pathsig=8c953e4f~JUV8nuSv6F7Bj1yEJM20kL5oJfRaZHTMRQrClpDxd7g&qsr=1&rh=1sIDIB" --combine -o "edc-post-1"

https://www.swisstransfer.com/d/e217567d-9e9f-4484-b037-b6c9f4527dfb

[giovannirescia]

hi all - I tried everything in this thread but wasn't able to figure it out, can someone help me out with the embedded password-protected video that I am trying to download?

Here there are the two links (from the same video) that I've been working on in the json file

* Under the "avc_url" key:

https://vod-adaptive-ak.vimeocdn.com/exp=1720021190~acl=%2Fbebfe42e-1d86-43e2-b093-c2c...u0026rh=3fUjbd

* Under the "url" key:

https://vod-adaptive-ak.vimeocdn.com/exp=1720021190~acl=%2Fbebfe42e-1d86-43e2-b093-c2c...u0026rh=3fUjbd

This is the whole json file https://privatebin.net/?cba1ed958629da8e#6ccdwsdRyQYejZimBpE6DAYP4jk7cG4VryCskTJr8Rz1

thanks!

[larley]

Maybe look at this:
https://github.com/DevLARLEY/vimeo-downloader
Both scripts create HLS manifests that can be played/converted using VLC.

[giovannirescia]

Maybe look at this:
https://github.com/DevLARLEY/vimeo-downloader
Both scripts create HLS manifests that can be played/converted using VLC.

tried your script and got "Unable to send request" on both links.