Since the video sites are always changing things, yt-dlp needs to be
updated regularly for it to work. I tried it on Vimeo yesterday and it
gave me errors. I updated and it worked fine.
On 7/23/25 2:54 PM, charles meyer wrote:
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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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Tim McMahon
West Liberty Public Library
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