Vimeo error " ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: 'base' "

[ghost]

I'm trying to download this video from Vimeo and I'm getting the following error:

youtube-dl http://vimeo.com/73378185[vimeo] 73378185: Downloading webpage
[vimeo] 73378185: Extracting information
[vimeo] 73378185: Downloading webpage
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl", line 6, in <module>
    youtube_dl.main()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 804, in main
    _real_main(argv)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 794, in _real_main
    retcode = ydl.download(all_urls)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 982, in download
    self.extract_info(url)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 493, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 158, in extract
    return self._real_extract(url)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/vimeo.py", line 223, in _real_extract
    _, video_thumbnail = sorted((int(width), t_url) for (width, t_url) in config["video"]["thumbs"].items())[-1]
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/vimeo.py", line 223, in <genexpr>
    _, video_thumbnail = sorted((int(width), t_url) for (width, t_url) in config["video"]["thumbs"].items())[-1]
ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: 'base'

I'm using youtube-dl version 2014.02.17 which I installed via Ubuntu's Software Center.

youtube-dl -v
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v']
[debug] Encodings: locale 'UTF-8', fs 'UTF-8', out 'UTF-8', pref: 'UTF-8'
[debug] youtube-dl version 2014.02.17
[debug] Python version 2.7.6 - Linux-3.13.0-35-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-14.04-trusty
[debug] Proxy map: {}

The direct link to the video using the browser's network inspector is http://pdl.vimeocdn.com/95104/042/186446563.mp4?token2=1410167306_238c00aab657ed1d698224f1cbfc192c&aksessionid=e1d94c12385a5e18 which I shortened to http://pdl.vimeocdn.com/95104/042/186446563.mp4 and used to download it manually.

I also tried this from a second machine also running Ubuntu 14.04 and got the identical error. Any tips on how to get this working again?

[phihag]

As you mention yourself, you are using an ancient (in terms of speed of website changes) version of youtube-dl, and one we have no control over. The problem has long been fixed in youtube-dl. Either contact the Ubuntu project's maintainers or follow our manual installation instructions to get an up-to-date version.

In a pinch, this should do:

sudo apt-get remove -y youtube-dl
sudo wget https://yt-dl.org/latest/youtube-dl -O /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl
sudo chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl
hash -r
youtube-dl --version