No 'worst' format option on Vimeo

[porjo]

If HD is available it is always downloaded.

I'm only interested in the audio, so the extra bandwidth is wasted for me. I'd like to get the SD version, if available.

Youtube works well with the -f worst option specified, however this is ignored for Vimeo.

[porjo]

Sniffing traffic when using the web based player, I can see that a cookie is set when the 'HD' button is toggled. The following curl POST command replicates the cookie request:

curl --data "cookie=hd%5Fpreference&value=0" -c cookie http://player.vimeo.com/set_cookie

The contents of the resulting cookie file are:
.vimeo.com TRUE / FALSE 1678312940 hd_preference 0

[menachemshapiro]

There was some discussion in the link below about adding -f worst support for vimeo, did it ever get implemented?
#17

[porjo]

I see pull request #996 which may address this. Haven't tested yet.

[jaimeMF]

Starting with a6387bf, you can also list the formats with the -F option and select the format to download for vimeo videos (you can use -f worst).

[menachemshapiro]

thanks! I've been waiting for this.