When using json-dump, Certain Vimeo Videos only have segments and not full mp4 urls

[harryhope]

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When I run youtube-dl with -j on an older vimeo video, the url returned as part of a response is an mp4 with an mp4 file extension.
Example

youtube-dl -j https://vimeo.com/71501596

When I run the command on a newer video however, I get http_dash_segments, and the url is only to a manifest and not an mp4 file.
Example

youtube-dl -j https://vimeo.com/276738707

My question is: Is it possible to have youtube dl return an mp4 link on the second example, or are dash_segments the only thing I'm able to get back?

[dstftw]

https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl#format-selection