How to Download Password Vimeo Videos: Example 1

A worked example showing one practical workflow for downloading password-protected Vimeo videos.

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Example 1

This walkthrough demonstrates the exact steps for saving a password-locked Vimeo video to your local machine using yt-dlp and Chrome cookies.

Steps

  1. Open the video page and authenticate with the password
  2. Determine your Chrome profile number
  3. Assemble the yt-dlp command and run it

1. Open the video page and authenticate with the password

Head to the Vimeo URL in Chrome and enter the password when the prompt appears. This step ensures your browser session carries the authentication cookies that yt-dlp will need.

2. Determine your Chrome profile number

  1. Navigate to chrome://profile-internals/ in your address bar
  2. Locate your profile entry and take note of the number assigned to it

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3. Assemble the yt-dlp command and run it

Gather these three details:

  1. The full video URL: https://vimeo.com/{VIDEO_ID}
  2. The Chrome profile number you just found
  3. The video's password

Plug them into this command:

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"

That's all there is to it — the download begins immediately!

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Your video file is now sitting in your downloads folder, ready to go.

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