vimeo on demand - downloads only a few MiBs out of the full video

[kaliaragorn]

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Add -v flag to your command line you run youtube-dl with, copy the whole output and insert it here. It should look similar to one below (replace it with your log inserted between triple ```):

$ youtube-dl.exe  --verbose https://vimeo.com/ondemand/76870/ -u XXX  -p YYY
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'https://vimeo.com/ondemand/76870/', '-u', 'PRIVATE', '-p', 'PRIVATE']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp1252, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2016.06.19
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 - Windows-10-10.0.10586
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[vimeo:ondemand] 76870: Downloading webpage
[vimeo] Logging in
[vimeo] 169738107: Downloading webpage
[vimeo] 169738107: Extracting information
[vimeo] 169738107: Downloading JSON metadata
[vimeo] 169738107: Downloading m3u8 information
[debug] Invoking downloader on 'https://fpdl.vimeocdn.com/vimeo-prod-skyfire-std-us/01/3947/6/169738107/544648336.mp4?token=5765be1f_0x0ef9b02b573270139d343e87eb95391fd35846c6'
[download] Destination: Sebastian Kr▒ger Studios-169738107.mp4
[download] 100% of 5.16MiB in 00:06

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### If the purpose of this *issue* is a *site support request* please provide all kinds of example URLs support for which should be included (replace following example URLs by **yours**):
- Single video: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/76870/

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### Description of your *issue*, suggested solution and other information

instead of the full video the system keeps downloading a ~5Mib preamble.

credentials: <snip>

[dstftw]

You have just posted your credentials on a public forum so you may want to change them.
Rented video have been fixed in youtube-dl 2016.06.19.1.

[kaliaragorn]

excellent! it seems to work perfectly now. thank you! :) 👍