[Vimeo] No download of 2K/4K format (at least via HTTP)

[basicmaster]

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$ youtube-dl -F -v https://vimeo.com/130032076
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-F', u'-v', u'https://vimeo.com/130032076']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2016.12.18
[debug] Python version 2.7.6 - Linux-4.4.0-53-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-14.04-trusty
[debug] exe versions: avconv 9.20-6, avprobe 9.20-6, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[vimeo] 130032076: Downloading webpage
[vimeo] 130032076: Extracting information
[vimeo] 130032076: Downloading webpage
[vimeo] 130032076: Downloading JSON metadata
[info] Available formats for 130032076:
format code  extension  resolution note
http-360p    mp4        640x268    25fps
http-720p    mp4        1280x536   25fps
http-1080p   mp4        1920x804   25fps (best)

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The mentioned video is in 4K can be played at Vimeo in this five resolutions:

• 360p / 720p / 1080p / 2K / 4K

However youtube-dl only offers:

• 360p / 720p / 1080p

Looking into the player source (view e.g. in JS Beautifier) it turns out that via HTTP indeed only these three resolutions are available. The complete five ones are only available via MPEG-DASH or HLS.

So the Vimeo extractor should be modified to also take MPEG-DASH and/or HLS formats into account (or perhaps completely switch to one of these).

[Hrxn]

Did Vimeo changed their site recently?

Because downloading via HLS definitely worked before, don't know why it isn't listed in the format list above.

[basicmaster]

Thank you for fixing this so fast!