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How to Download Vimeo Video for FREE (No Extensions Needed)
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How to Download Vimeo Video for FREE (No Extensions Needed)

  1. Get the URL of the vimeo video using chrome dev tools (inspect elements or download .har file)
  2. Download with streamlink & run a simple cmomand in terminal

1. Get the Vimeo video URL

1.1 Open chrome developer tools by right clicking on the page & choosing 'Inspect' 1.2 Press cmd+f for 'find' and type player.vimeo.com/video in the search bar > press the ↑ / ↓ arrows will you see the URL & copy it

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2. Download streamlink

  1. Open your terminal
  2. Download streamlink: brew instal streamlink
  3. Construct the following command syntax & press enter
streamlink https://player.vimeo.com/video/<vimeoID> best -o <file/path/to/download/to/video_name.mp4>

This is what my finished command looks like:

streamlink https://player.vimeo.com/video/949271536 best -o ~/Desktop/vimeo_video.mp4

Running this command downloaded the video to my desktop and name if vimeo_video.mp4

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