How to Download Password-Protected Vimeo Videos (Direct Stream)

How to download password protected Vimeo videos - not embedded, stream
- 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:
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




