Download segmented videos from Vimeo

Install prerequisites

Install ffmpeg and Python 3:

• Debian/Ubuntu: sudo apt install -y ffmpeg python3

• Mac OS X: brew install ffmpeg python Install Python dependencies: sudo python3 -m pip install requests --upgrade tqdm

• For windows: use chocolatey to install python3 and ffmpeg. tqdm module can be installed using cmd as admin after 'cd ' Install Python dependencies: python -m pip install requests --upgrade tqdm

Instructions to download video

For each video you want to download:

1. Open the page containing the embedded video.
2. Open development console (Chrome: F12).
3. Go to the Network tab.
4. Right click on the master.json request, select Copy → Copy link address. An example of how such a URL could look like: https://178skyfiregce-a.akamaihd.net/exp=1474107106~acl=%2F142089577%2F%2A~hmac=0d9becc441fc5385462d53bf59cf019c0184690862f49b414e9a2f1c5bafbe0d/142089577/video/426274424,426274425,426274423,426274422/master.json?base64_init=1](https://96vod-adaptive.akamaized.net/exp=1688780566~acl=%2Fcbaa521a-e70d-44b2-833a-103d5dabde57%2F%2A~hmac=02545dd4fbc81a26cf678ce450ead2ab03b09b61bcce3dba1f96b547d160fd7c/cbaa521a-e70d-44b2-833a-103d5dabde57/sep/video/5e906100,9603d058,a8c4edda,ba13a32a,e572d4c7/audio/73cebdc7,a4225903,b7d48b13/master.json?base64_init=1&query_string_ranges=1). Further modification of the master.json url doesnt appaear to be necessary.

Create a TSV file (can be done e. g. by copy-pasting from Google Sheets), where the first column is output file name (ending with .mp4) and the second is this URL to master.json.

a sample file 'sample_download.tsv' is included in this repo which can be editted and/or renamed for easier use.

Then run the script, providing the name of this file with names and URLs:

./vimeo-audio-and-video.py -i download.tsv

Acknowledgements

Based on work of:

• @alexeygrigorev: https://gist.github.com/alexeygrigorev/a1bc540925054b71e1a7268e50ad55cd
• @brasno: https://gist.github.com/brasno/25fe2d30a31b40fe98cc9f55cfb709ab
• @AbCthings: https://github.com/AbCthings/vimeo-audio-video
• @DraZen-es code modification here