Can't download videos that use Vimeo anymore

FioriProductions

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Dec 15, 2015, 4:12:26 PM12/15/15

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A week or so ago I had no problem, but today whenever I try to download a video that uses the vimeo player the download is all in tiny chunks of around 150kb and jsut keep building up as the video is playing. Even videos that I had downloaded previously do the same now. Did vimeo change their security?

mig

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Dec 15, 2015, 5:29:50 PM12/15/15

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Picking a vimeo video randomly, i had no particular problem. Can you share the URL to that video you are having problem with ?

FioriProductions

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Dec 15, 2015, 5:32:10 PM12/15/15

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The video is via a subscription website, so you probably can't access it, but I also tried it with a public one https://vimeo.com/148055229 and I still get the same thing

FioriProductions

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Dec 16, 2015, 5:23:27 AM12/16/15

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So it seems that with some videos it will allow me to download the whole thing and with others it only allows small chunks. I guess the "small chunk" websites have some new security on then I guess :(

mig

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Dec 16, 2015, 5:42:25 PM12/16/15

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I could download the video at https://vimeo.com/148055229 in one piece without any problem. So i guess the video itself is not the only criterion for Vimeo to decide which streaming method is to be used.

Alex Fletcher

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Feb 2, 2016, 2:31:05 PM2/2/16

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One example of another that has issues:

https://vimeo.com/153297095

https://vimeo.com/153830145

Most of the recent things from that user do the "chunking" method now it would appear...

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