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()

Got an issue on some videos, I've been downloading protected content using the method described in the quoted post for months, and it is still working today. However, I've recently encountered an issue with some videos (very few) where the link structure, retrieved from the Network tab in the browser, differs and appears to be a playlist link instead, such as:

https://vod-adaptive-ak.vimeocdn.com/exp=1718799796~acl=%2F2f9924f1-1fc4-4376-af68-5d2a3ffeedc7%2F%2A~hmac=9a978d8566fa0647e5f167d11f174cb84cc50f19399d7777179b8719617e7376/2f9924f1-1fc4-4376-af68-5d2a3ffeedc7/v2/playlist/av/primary/playlist.json?omit=av1-hevc&pathsig=8c953e4f~mocADbIwYJxqL3msRkLnDH_vlRmkehQ1vWwYBLrsVn0&qsr=1&rh=4cRiZu

How am I supposed to download this? Or how can I retrieve the real link?

got an issue, been downloading a bunch of video for days and then suddenly the one that was downloading ended up with this error:
F:\ffmpeg>youtube-dl.exe -o 22-10-23PERF.mp4 https://91vod-adaptive.akamaized.net/exp=1699318792~acl=%2F222d9b05-2ac9-4bf1-a98e-c821e509c8fa%2F%2A~hmac=5924a2ed3f6704c9aa9892d413bbbac8da8b7428ebafad976496229f310d7d8a/222d9b05-2ac9-4bf1-a98e-c821e509c8fa/sep/video/2ed9800f,b18fccd0,cbccf898,e88838cd,effa0196/audio/2deec4db,8c92b620,fd7a357a/master.mpd?query_string_ranges=1 [generic] master: Requesting header WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor. [generic] master: Downloading webpage [generic] master: Extracting information [dashsegments] Total fragments: 1069 [download] Destination: 22-10-23PERF.fvideo-2ed9800f.mp4 [download] 8.9% of ~571.81MiB at 549.60KiB/s ETA 23:44 ERROR: unable to download video data: <urlopen error [SSL: TLSV1_ALERT_INTERNAL_ERROR] tlsv1 alert internal error (_ssl.c:600)>
then now when I try ANY video, even ones from the past that were successfully downloaded, I end up with this error:
F:\ffmpeg>youtube-dl.exe -o 24-10-23.mp4 https://194vod-adaptive.akamaized.net/exp=1699310038~acl=%2Fb852eef9-3848-48a9-81af-a6bb0c3bb101%2F%2A~hmac=64987b83dd191c8ee0833181540fe12c44f6937f244256cc9fe42a15c4a4ede4/b852eef9-3848-48a9-81af-a6bb0c3bb101/sep/video/4ea580af,58650cf4,9886125d,a4f6fd04,ad9e4799/audio/3de08f2b,a69e0c39,c8ff288c/master.mpd?query_string_ranges=1 [generic] Extracting URL: https://194vod-adaptive.akamaized.net/exp=1699310038~acl=%2Fb852eef9-3848-48a9-81af-a6bb0c3bb101%...uery_string_ranges=1 [generic] master: Downloading webpage ERROR: [generic] Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 410: Gone (caused by <HTTPError 410: Gone>); please report this issue on https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q= , filling out the appropriate issue template. Confirm you are on the latest version using yt-dlp -U
And yes, it is up to date:
F:\ffmpeg>youtube-dl.exe -U Available version: stable@2023.10.13, Current version: stable@2023.10.13 yt-dlp is up to date (stable@2023.10.13)
Help please?

solved:
this command was to try to resume a failed download from yesterday (while I was sleeping), so I re typed the exact same command to resume the download except that when I went on the video to compare the source, it has changed. Typing the same command with the fresh URL worked as usual.
F:\ffmpeg>youtube-dl.exe -o 24-10-23.mp4 https://194vod-adaptive.akamaized.net/exp=1699353551~acl=%2Fb852eef9-3848-48a9-81af-a6bb0c3bb101%2F%2A~hmac=75ad5d633886e2d01ef04535372fa4342bd0aa2da02b5d160c9702ea04ebea50/b852eef9-3848-48a9-81af-a6bb0c3bb101/sep/video/4ea580af,58650cf4,9886125d,a4f6fd04,ad9e4799/audio/3de08f2b,a69e0c39,c8ff288c/master.mpd?query_string_ranges=1 [generic] Extracting URL: https://194vod-adaptive.akamaized.net/exp=1699353551~acl=%2Fb852eef9-3848-48a9-81af-a6bb0c3bb101%...uery_string_ranges=1 [generic] master: Downloading webpage WARNING: [generic] Falling back on generic information extractor [generic] master: Extracting information [info] master: Downloading 1 format(s): video-9886125d+audio-3de08f2b [dashsegments] Total fragments: 658 [download] Destination: 24-10-23.fvideo-9886125d.mp4 [download] 37.7% of ~ 458.35MiB at 434.71KiB/s ETA 09:58 (frag 248/658)
my guess is that Vimeo updates it's URL sources every x hours (these bastards)

Here modified (python3) script for download both playlist.json and master.json link types.

import os
import sys
import base64
import requests
import subprocess

from tqdm import tqdm
from moviepy.editor import *


url = input('enter [master|playlist].json url: ')
name = input('enter output name: ')

if 'master.json' in url:
    url = url[:url.find('?')] + '?query_string_ranges=1'
    url = url.replace('master.json', 'master.mpd')
    print(url)
    subprocess.run(['youtube-dl', url, '-o', name])
    sys.exit(0)


def download(what, to, base):
    print('saving', what['mime_type'], 'to', to)
    with open(to, 'wb') as file:
        init_segment = base64.b64decode(what['init_segment'])
        file.write(init_segment)

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


name += '.mp4'
base_url = url[:url.rfind('/', 0, -26) + 1]
content = requests.get(url).json()

vid_heights = [(i, d['height']) for (i, d) in enumerate(content['video'])]
vid_idx, _ = max(vid_heights, key=lambda _h: _h[1])

audio_quality = [(i, d['bitrate']) for (i, d) in enumerate(content['audio'])]
audio_idx, _ = max(audio_quality, key=lambda _h: _h[1])

video = content['video'][vid_idx]
audio = content['audio'][audio_idx]
base_url = base_url + content['base_url']

video_tmp_file = 'video.mp4'
audio_tmp_file = 'audio.mp4'

download(video, video_tmp_file, base_url + video['base_url'])
download(audio, audio_tmp_file, base_url + audio['base_url'])

video_clip = VideoFileClip(video_tmp_file)
audio_clip = AudioFileClip(audio_tmp_file)
video_clip_with_audio = video_clip.set_audio(audio_clip)
video_clip_with_audio.write_videofile(name)

os.remove(video_tmp_file)
os.remove(audio_tmp_file)

Got an issue on some videos, I've been downloading protected content using the method described in the quoted post for months, and it is still working today. However, I've recently encountered an issue with some videos (very few) where the link structure, retrieved from the Network tab in the browser, differs and appears to be a playlist link instead, such as:
https://vod-adaptive-ak.vimeocdn.com/exp=1718799796~acl=%2F2f9924f1-1fc4-4376-af68-5d2a3ffeedc7%2F%2A~hmac=9a978d8566fa0647e5f167d11f174cb84cc50f19399d7777179b8719617e7376/2f9924f1-1fc4-4376-af68-5d2a3ffeedc7/v2/playlist/av/primary/playlist.json?omit=av1-hevc&pathsig=8c953e4f~mocADbIwYJxqL3msRkLnDH_vlRmkehQ1vWwYBLrsVn0&qsr=1&rh=4cRiZu
How am I supposed to download this? Or how can I retrieve the real link?

got an issue, been downloading a bunch of video for days and then suddenly the one that was downloading ended up with this error:
F:\ffmpeg>youtube-dl.exe -o 22-10-23PERF.mp4 https://91vod-adaptive.akamaized.net/exp=1699318792~acl=%2F222d9b05-2ac9-4bf1-a98e-c821e509c8fa%2F%2A~hmac=5924a2ed3f6704c9aa9892d413bbbac8da8b7428ebafad976496229f310d7d8a/222d9b05-2ac9-4bf1-a98e-c821e509c8fa/sep/video/2ed9800f,b18fccd0,cbccf898,e88838cd,effa0196/audio/2deec4db,8c92b620,fd7a357a/master.mpd?query_string_ranges=1 [generic] master: Requesting header WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor. [generic] master: Downloading webpage [generic] master: Extracting information [dashsegments] Total fragments: 1069 [download] Destination: 22-10-23PERF.fvideo-2ed9800f.mp4 [download] 8.9% of ~571.81MiB at 549.60KiB/s ETA 23:44 ERROR: unable to download video data: <urlopen error [SSL: TLSV1_ALERT_INTERNAL_ERROR] tlsv1 alert internal error (_ssl.c:600)>
then now when I try ANY video, even ones from the past that were successfully downloaded, I end up with this error:
F:\ffmpeg>youtube-dl.exe -o 24-10-23.mp4 https://194vod-adaptive.akamaized.net/exp=1699310038~acl=%2Fb852eef9-3848-48a9-81af-a6bb0c3bb101%2F%2A~hmac=64987b83dd191c8ee0833181540fe12c44f6937f244256cc9fe42a15c4a4ede4/b852eef9-3848-48a9-81af-a6bb0c3bb101/sep/video/4ea580af,58650cf4,9886125d,a4f6fd04,ad9e4799/audio/3de08f2b,a69e0c39,c8ff288c/master.mpd?query_string_ranges=1 [generic] Extracting URL: https://194vod-adaptive.akamaized.net/exp=1699310038~acl=%2Fb852eef9-3848-48a9-81af-a6bb0c3bb101%...uery_string_ranges=1 [generic] master: Downloading webpage ERROR: [generic] Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 410: Gone (caused by <HTTPError 410: Gone>); please report this issue on https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q= , filling out the appropriate issue template. Confirm you are on the latest version using yt-dlp -U
And yes, it is up to date:
F:\ffmpeg>youtube-dl.exe -U Available version: stable@2023.10.13, Current version: stable@2023.10.13 yt-dlp is up to date (stable@2023.10.13)
Help please?

solved:
this command was to try to resume a failed download from yesterday (while I was sleeping), so I re typed the exact same command to resume the download except that when I went on the video to compare the source, it has changed. Typing the same command with the fresh URL worked as usual.
F:\ffmpeg>youtube-dl.exe -o 24-10-23.mp4 https://194vod-adaptive.akamaized.net/exp=1699353551~acl=%2Fb852eef9-3848-48a9-81af-a6bb0c3bb101%2F%2A~hmac=75ad5d633886e2d01ef04535372fa4342bd0aa2da02b5d160c9702ea04ebea50/b852eef9-3848-48a9-81af-a6bb0c3bb101/sep/video/4ea580af,58650cf4,9886125d,a4f6fd04,ad9e4799/audio/3de08f2b,a69e0c39,c8ff288c/master.mpd?query_string_ranges=1 [generic] Extracting URL: https://194vod-adaptive.akamaized.net/exp=1699353551~acl=%2Fb852eef9-3848-48a9-81af-a6bb0c3bb101%...uery_string_ranges=1 [generic] master: Downloading webpage WARNING: [generic] Falling back on generic information extractor [generic] master: Extracting information [info] master: Downloading 1 format(s): video-9886125d+audio-3de08f2b [dashsegments] Total fragments: 658 [download] Destination: 24-10-23.fvideo-9886125d.mp4 [download] 37.7% of ~ 458.35MiB at 434.71KiB/s ETA 09:58 (frag 248/658)
my guess is that Vimeo updates it's URL sources every x hours (these bastards)

Here modified (python3) script for download both playlist.json and master.json link types.

import os
import sys
import base64
import requests
import subprocess

from tqdm import tqdm
from moviepy.editor import *


url = input('enter [master|playlist].json url: ')
name = input('enter output name: ')

if 'master.json' in url:
    url = url[:url.find('?')] + '?query_string_ranges=1'
    url = url.replace('master.json', 'master.mpd')
    print(url)
    subprocess.run(['youtube-dl', url, '-o', name])
    sys.exit(0)


def download(what, to, base):
    print('saving', what['mime_type'], 'to', to)
    with open(to, 'wb') as file:
        init_segment = base64.b64decode(what['init_segment'])
        file.write(init_segment)

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


name += '.mp4'
base_url = url[:url.rfind('/', 0, -26) + 1]
content = requests.get(url).json()

vid_heights = [(i, d['height']) for (i, d) in enumerate(content['video'])]
vid_idx, _ = max(vid_heights, key=lambda _h: _h[1])

audio_quality = [(i, d['bitrate']) for (i, d) in enumerate(content['audio'])]
audio_idx, _ = max(audio_quality, key=lambda _h: _h[1])

video = content['video'][vid_idx]
audio = content['audio'][audio_idx]
base_url = base_url + content['base_url']

video_tmp_file = 'video.mp4'
audio_tmp_file = 'audio.mp4'

download(video, video_tmp_file, base_url + video['base_url'])
download(audio, audio_tmp_file, base_url + audio['base_url'])

video_clip = VideoFileClip(video_tmp_file)
audio_clip = AudioFileClip(audio_tmp_file)
video_clip_with_audio = video_clip.set_audio(audio_clip)
video_clip_with_audio.write_videofile(name)

os.remove(video_tmp_file)
os.remove(audio_tmp_file)

sorry for my n00bism but how do I compile and then use this?

install python to your system, then in command line run

python -m pip install requests tqdm moviepy

save code above to vimeo.py file, then run

python vimeo.py

install python to your system, then in command line run

python -m pip install requests tqdm moviepy

save code above to vimeo.py file, then run

python vimeo.py

**Thanks a lot man!

By any chance is there a possibility to create a script in which we paste a bunch of original Vimeo URLs and it goes and retrieves the playlist.json and master.json link types for us and then proceeds to download them with a predefined mp4 output? (I have tons of videos to download, I'm tired boss...)**

install python to your system, then in command line run

python -m pip install requests tqdm moviepy

save code above to vimeo.py file, then run

python vimeo.py

**Thanks a lot man!

By any chance is there a possibility to create a script in which we paste a bunch of original Vimeo URLs and it goes and retrieves the playlist.json and master.json link types for us and then proceeds to download them with a predefined mp4 output? (I have tons of videos to download, I'm tired boss...)**

I wrote something like this quite a while back..i have no idea fi it is still working though. if it isnt pretty sure if you are famaliar with python it is just a liitle modiifcation that would be required. https://github.com/plutack1/vimeo-audio-video

I also have a problem with the new format of the vimeo vids. I usually use youtube-dl-web vercell online site and when the code is “master.json”, i just replace json with mpd and it works perfectly. But new one is “playlist.json?omit……” and it does not work at all. Is there any simple method using replacement as it was before? Thx!

I also have a problem with the new format of the vimeo vids. I usually use youtube-dl-web vercell online site and when the code is “master.json”, i just replace json with mpd and it works perfectly. But new one is “playlist.json?omit……” and it does not work at all. Is there any simple method using replacement as it was before? Thx!

Use the script posted above by @kbabanov

You need to install Python on your system tho, ChatGPT is your friend to compile it.

merging the streams with moviepy is slow because it does unnecessary conversions. You can use ffmpeg to just assemble an mp4 file copying the streams without conversion
subprocess.run(['ffmpeg', '-i', 'video.mp4', '-i', 'audio.mp4', '-c:v', 'copy', '-c:a', 'copy', name])

then you can delete these lines

video_clip = VideoFileClip(video_tmp_file)
audio_clip = AudioFileClip(audio_tmp_file)
video_clip_with_audio = video_clip.set_audio(audio_clip)
video_clip_with_audio.write_videofile(name)

Of course it does create a dependency to an external command but it is worth the time saving.

Also, I've just noticed that downloading a master.json type stream (the one that just offloads the download to youtube-dl, generates a video file without audio =(.