Downloading segmented video from vimeo

vimeo-download.py

import requests
import base64
from tqdm import tqdm


master_json_url = 'https://178skyfiregce-a.akamaihd.net/exp=1474107106~acl=%2F142089577%2F%2A~hmac=0d9becc441fc5385462d53bf59cf019c0184690862f49b414e9a2f1c5bafbe0d/142089577/video/426274424,426274425,426274423,426274422/master.json?base64_init=1'
base_url = master_json_url[:master_json_url.rfind('/', 0, -26) + 1]

resp = requests.get(master_json_url)
content = resp.json()

heights = [(i, d['height']) for (i, d) in enumerate(content['video'])]
idx, _ = max(heights, key=lambda (_, h): h)
video = content['video'][idx]
video_base_url = base_url + video['base_url']
print 'base url:', video_base_url

filename = 'video_%d.mp4' % video['id']
print 'saving to %s' % filename

video_file = open(filename, 'wb')

init_segment = base64.b64decode(video['init_segment'])
video_file.write(init_segment)

for segment in tqdm(video['segments']):
    segment_url = video_base_url + segment['url']
    resp = requests.get(segment_url, stream=True)
    if resp.status_code != 200:
        print 'not 200!'
        print resp
        print segment_url
        break
    for chunk in resp:
        video_file.write(chunk)

video_file.flush()
video_file.close()

Easier, if you have youtube-dl installed:

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

yt-dl will download the best quality available :)

it works like a charm!

This method sort of still works. Instead of changing all of ".json?base64_init=1" with ".mpd" Just tested and works by just replacing ".json" with ".mpd" leaving everything else intact. E.g., [URL].mpd?base64_init=1

this way works! thank you!!!