Problem
A couple of days ago I wanted to download an embedded Vimeo video for archival purposes.
When I tried to add the video to the download queue it gave an error saying it couldn't download the video.
Solution
I was able to download the video using youtube-dlg directly from the cli. All I had to do was use the "referer" argument with the site that contained the embedded video and the player url after it.
Personally I don't think it's in the best interest to add this feature exclusively for Vimeo. If the referer argument can be used for other video platforms it could be added directly to the UI as an extra option. If not maybe an option could be added for passing extra arguments.
Problem A couple of days ago I wanted to download an embedded Vimeo video for archival purposes. When I tried to add the video to the download queue it gave an error saying it couldn't download the video.
Solution I was able to download the video using youtube-dlg directly from the cli. All I had to do was use the "referer" argument with the site that contained the embedded video and the player url after it. Personally I don't think it's in the best interest to add this feature exclusively for Vimeo. If the referer argument can be used for other video platforms it could be added directly to the UI as an extra option. If not maybe an option could be added for passing extra arguments.