If they company has it on their own site, then whether and how it can be downloaded depends on how they serve the video out to users. Some companies do not want their training videos downloaded.

					Steve McDonald
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Code for Libraries <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of charles
> meyer
> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2025 3:54 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [External] Re: [CODE4LIB] Vimeo downloading
> 
> I just need to watch an instructional video offline.
> 
> The co has that video on their own Website but how does one download a
> video not on YT or Vimeo.
> 
> I downloaded and installed https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp a year ago but it
> never worked.
> 
> I emailed the person who recommended that but they never emailed back.
> 
> 
> Date:    Tue, 22 Jul 2025 15:34:19 -0400
> From:    Thomas Dowling <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Vimeo downloading
> 
> Both YouTube and Vimeo would very much like you to use their apps to view
> their content please, and downloading beyond what the app itself supports
> (usually a paid/premium option) would probably be considered a violation of
> their terms of service. They may or may not detect such downloads and they
> may or may not do anything about it.
> 
> Apropos of nothing, have you looked at yt-dlp?
> https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp
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