Created
September 15, 2018 09:01
-
-
Save mistic100/895f6d17b1e193334882a4c37d0d7748 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Download video from Vimeo (chopped m4s files)
This file contains bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters.
Learn more about bidirectional Unicode characters
// 1. Open the browser developper console on the network tab | |
// 2. Start the video | |
// 3. In the dev tab, locate the load of the "master.json" file, copy its full URL | |
// 4. Run: node vimeo-downloader.js "<URL>" | |
// 5. Combine the m4v and m4a files with mkvmerge | |
const fs = require('fs'); | |
const url = require('url'); | |
const https = require('https'); | |
let masterUrl = process.argv[2]; | |
if (!masterUrl.endsWith('?base64_init=1')) { | |
masterUrl+= '?base64_init=1'; | |
} | |
getJson(masterUrl, (err, json) => { | |
if (err) { | |
throw err; | |
} | |
const videoData = json.video.pop(); | |
const audioData = json.audio.pop(); | |
const videoBaseUrl = url.resolve(url.resolve(masterUrl, json.base_url), videoData.base_url); | |
const audioBaseUrl = url.resolve(url.resolve(masterUrl, json.base_url), audioData.base_url); | |
processFile('video', videoBaseUrl, videoData.init_segment, videoData.segments, json.clip_id + '.m4v', (err) => { | |
if (err) { | |
throw err; | |
} | |
processFile('audio', audioBaseUrl, audioData.init_segment, audioData.segments, json.clip_id + '.m4a', (err) => { | |
if (err) { | |
throw err; | |
} | |
}); | |
}); | |
}); | |
function processFile(type, baseUrl, initData, segments, filename, cb) { | |
if (fs.existsSync(filename)) { | |
console.log(`${type} already exists`); | |
return cb(); | |
} | |
const segmentsUrl = segments.map((seg) => baseUrl + seg.url); | |
const initBuffer = Buffer.from(initData, 'base64'); | |
fs.writeFileSync(filename, initBuffer); | |
const output = fs.createWriteStream(filename, {flags: 'a'}); | |
combineSegments(type, 0, segmentsUrl, output, (err) => { | |
if (err) { | |
return cb(err); | |
} | |
output.end(); | |
cb(); | |
}); | |
} | |
function combineSegments(type, i, segmentsUrl, output, cb) { | |
if (i >= segmentsUrl.length) { | |
console.log(`${type} done`); | |
return cb(); | |
} | |
console.log(`Download ${type} segment ${i}`); | |
https.get(segmentsUrl[i], (res) => { | |
res.on('data', (d) => output.write(d)); | |
res.on('end', () => combineSegments(type, i+1, segmentsUrl, output, cb)); | |
}).on('error', (e) => { | |
cb(e); | |
}); | |
} | |
function getJson(url, cb) { | |
let data = ''; | |
https.get(url, (res) => { | |
res.on('data', (d) => data+= d); | |
res.on('end', () => cb(null, JSON.parse(data))); | |
}).on('error', (e) => { | |
cb(e); | |
}); | |
} |
@MikeBlueberry it's impossible. please provide the screenshot
This is a protected Vimeo video, Edge Dev Tools (F12) > Network tab:
Hi have the same situation as @MikeBlueberry. Any chance this can still be downloaded? Or should I just resort to screen recording it?
Sign up for free
to join this conversation on GitHub.
Already have an account?
Sign in to comment
@MikeBlueberry it's impossible. please provide the screenshot