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How to Download Password-Protected Vimeo Videos (Direct Stream)
Walk through grabbing passworded Vimeo streams with yt-dlp by pairing browser cookies, profile IDs, and passwords for direct downloads.
Devin Schumacher1 min read
- Example: https://vimeo.com/1100807276
Steps
- visit page & enter the password
- find your chrome profile number
- construct the correct command
1. visit page & enter the password
Go to the Vimeo URL & enter the password.
2. find your chrome profile number
- visit
chrome://profile-internals/ - expand your profile & grab the number
3. construct the correct command
You will need:
https://vimeo.com/{VIDEO_ID}- chrome profile number
- password
Your command syntax:
BASH
yt-dlp \
'https://vimeo.com/{VIDEO_ID}' \
--cookies-from-browser "chrome:Profile {NUMBER}" \
--video-password '{PASSWORD}' \
-N 20 \
-S 'codec:avc,res,ext' \
--merge-output-format mp4 \
--remux-video mp4 \
--postprocessor-args "ffmpeg:-movflags +faststart"
et voila!
it hath downloaded
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