Vimeo on demand only downloading preview

[bazzawill]

Downloading from vimeo on demand with my login details is only downloading the preview

./youtube-dl -u bazzawill@bazzawill.info https://vimeo.com/ondemand/conman/141298619 --verbose
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-u', 'PRIVATE', 'https://vimeo.com/ondemand/conman/141298619', '--verbose']
Type account password and press [Return]: 
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2015.10.09
[debug] Python version 3.5.0 - Linux-4.2.2-1-ARCH-x86_64-with-arch
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 2.8, ffprobe 2.8, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[vimeo] Logging in
[vimeo] 141298619: Downloading webpage
[vimeo] 141298619: Extracting information
[vimeo] 141298619: Downloading webpage
[debug] Invoking downloader on 'https://skyfiregcs-a.akamaihd.net/exp=1444458915~acl=%2A%2F420583975.mp4%2A~hmac=327aa0865f7fda006be3dd8a67b06c76686ed856fdd466c73ef90f84c59784d6/vimeo-prod-skyfire-std-us/01/3131/5/140658136/420583975.mp4'
[download] Destination: Con Man-141298619.mp4
[download] 100% of 28.58MiB in 00:02

Should be ~200mb file not 28mb

[wilson]

I'm encountering the same issue; when I run it with --dump-single-json, the video URL in the payload is the one for the preview, not the one my browser gets when I log in there with the same credentials.

Running on the current HEAD, 7c84562

Is there a way to jump straight to the "Invoking downloader on" stage? I can extract the (correct) URL from the browser console etc.

[anasazy]

I've the same issue also with the latest version (2015.10.13). :-(

[nxthor]

same here

 [debug] System config: []
 [debug] User config: []
 [debug] Command-line args: [u'-u', u'PRIVATE', u'-p', u'PRIVATE', u'--verbose', u'https://vimeo.com/142157676']
 [debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
 [debug] youtube-dl version 2015.10.13
 [debug] Python version 2.7.10 - Darwin-14.5.0-x86_64-i386-64bit

[AchillesPDX]

Broken here as well. Worked with 2015.10.06 or 2015.10.09 but broke after that, and the older versions are no longer able to log in at all.

[elfurbe]

Here's my verbose output with more current code. Used same URL as OP for first request. Looks like it's parsing differently now, but the result is still the trailer and not the episode. I also ran a few additional URLs from the same series through, just for more info and md5sum'd the output files to show they were truly identical.

$ ./youtube-dl -n --verbose https://vimeo.com/ondemand/conman/141298619
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-n', '--verbose', 'https://vimeo.com/ondemand/conman/141298619']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2015.10.18
[debug] Python version 3.5.0 - Darwin-15.0.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 2.8.1, ffprobe 2.8.1, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[vimeo] Logging in
[vimeo] 141298619: Downloading webpage
[vimeo] 141298619: Extracting information
[vimeo] 141298619: Downloading webpage
[vimeo] 141298619: Downloading m3u8 information
[debug] Invoking downloader on 'https://skyfire.vimeocdn.com/1445481891-0xab61e6e08349fe5a326178378331eaccc21adb80/140658136/video/420583964/playlist.m3u8?p=6'
[hlsnative] Downloading m3u8 manifest
[hlsnative] Total fragments: 16
[download] Destination: Con Man-141298619.mp4
[download] 100% of 52.63MiB in 00:04
$ ./youtube-dl -n --verbose https://vimeo.com/ondemand/conman/140515872
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-n', '--verbose', 'https://vimeo.com/ondemand/conman/140515872']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2015.10.18
[debug] Python version 3.5.0 - Darwin-15.0.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 2.8.1, ffprobe 2.8.1, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[vimeo] Logging in
[vimeo] 140515872: Downloading webpage
[vimeo] 140515872: Extracting information
[vimeo] 140515872: Downloading webpage
[vimeo] 140515872: Downloading m3u8 information
[debug] Invoking downloader on 'https://skyfire.vimeocdn.com/1445482285-0x2477a60333cf7636ed386cab8eb5f0e19732fb41/140658136/video/420583964/playlist.m3u8?p=6'
[hlsnative] Downloading m3u8 manifest
[hlsnative] Total fragments: 16
[download] Destination: Con Man-140515872.mp4
[download] 100% of 52.63MiB in 00:04
$ ./youtube-dl -n --verbose https://vimeo.com/ondemand/conman/140515890
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-n', '--verbose', 'https://vimeo.com/ondemand/conman/140515890']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2015.10.18
[debug] Python version 3.5.0 - Darwin-15.0.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 2.8.1, ffprobe 2.8.1, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[vimeo] Logging in
[vimeo] 140515890: Downloading webpage
[vimeo] 140515890: Extracting information
[vimeo] 140515890: Downloading webpage
[vimeo] 140515890: Downloading m3u8 information
[debug] Invoking downloader on 'https://skyfire.vimeocdn.com/1445482323-0xeda3a0588b7760f4da1fb1a54b211bacc4ceb963/140658136/video/420583964/playlist.m3u8?p=6'
[hlsnative] Downloading m3u8 manifest
[hlsnative] Total fragments: 16
[download] Destination: Con Man-140515890.mp4
[download] 100% of 52.63MiB in 00:04
$ md5sum Con\ Man-14*
3e90acf67cd0f74a6130b65446a0b60f  Con Man-140515872.mp4
3e90acf67cd0f74a6130b65446a0b60f  Con Man-140515890.mp4
3e90acf67cd0f74a6130b65446a0b60f  Con Man-141298619.mp4

[bollie]

Has anyone been able to find a workaround for this, or does any developer need more info?

[dstftw]

Account credentials with bought/rented video are required. Rent videos are most likely DRM protected.

[anasazy]

You mean something like "youtube-dl -u USERNAME -p PASSWORD URL", right?
I tried it for a video I rented and I still get only the preview video but not the full video.

After using the --print-json flag I get several video URLs (for 1080p, 720p, 480p etc. versions) which linked directly to the source file (located on some akamai server. When I put this URL into my browser also get only the preview version.

[dstftw]

I mean somebody should provide account credentials to one of the developers to reverse engineer the browser's behavior when watching ondemand video.

[AchillesPDX]

I'd also like to point out again that this function used to work in the 2015.10.06 or 2015.10.09 release, but broke after that. I was previously able to download my purchased Con Man episodes, but am now unable to.

[luksol]

it seems to be working now

[dstftw]

Possibly due to 9a8a12b.

[AchillesPDX]

Can confirm. Working better than before in fact - able to downloading 1080p versions now!

[anasazy]

Yes, it works now! Thank you very very much.

[kaliaragorn]

still not working for me..... even with proper login credentials it downloads just the preview. https://vimeo.com/ondemand/76870/

any hint?

[dstftw]

@kaliaragorn read.