Downloading Vimeo Videos

Downloading videos from the Internet for offline viewing is getting harder and harder.

For YouTube videos, I usually just cut and paste the URLs onto Dirpy for easy downloading. For the trickier ones that don't actually show you the video URL, you can simply let the video play out, then pick it off from the browser cache folder. Of course, that assumes you know where the cache folder is and which of the hundreds of files is the video stream that you're after. (I usually base it on the filesize and timestamp.)

Some of the video sites are now onto this. While streaming, the video file saved as chunks in the cache folder. If you don't know how to merge the multiple files, then there's no way for you to play them back again.

Another way video sites beat offline downloaders is to obfuscate the video source. Even if you view the page source, you're not going to find any file reference anywhere. In the end, the browser needs to know where the pull the video stream from, so it must be there somewhere. One way I discovered of getting around this is to use the "inspect element" option. By highlighting the actual video window/iframe, I was able to narrow down to the relevant section and search for the video URL. After that, it's just a matter of pasting the URL onto JDownloader, and letting it do its magic.

周杰倫 - 明明就

周杰倫 - 明明就

作詞：方文山
作曲：周杰倫
編曲：黃雨勳
製作人：周杰倫

伴奏版

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糖果罐裡好多顏色

Tang guo guan li hao duo yan se

微笑卻不甜了

Wei xiao que bu tian le

你的某些快樂

Ni de mou xie kuai le

在沒有我的時刻

Zai mei you wo de shi ke

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從故事記的城市裡

Cong gu shi ji de cheng shi li

我想就走到這

Wo xiang jiu zou dao zhe

海鷗不再眷戀大海

Hai ou bu zai juan lian da hai

可以飛更遠

Ke yi fei guang yuan

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遠方傳來風笛

Yuan fang zhuan lai feng di

我卻在意有你的消息

Wo que zai yi you ni de xiao xi

深怕為愛守著秘密

Shen pa wei ai shou zhe mi mi

而我為你守著回憶

Er wo wei ni shou zhe hui yi

[Chorus]

明明就不習慣牽手

Ming ming jiu bu xi guan qian shou

為何卻主動把手勾

Wei he que zhu dong ba shou gou

你的心事太多 我不會說破

Ni de xin shi tai duo wo bu hui shuo po

明明就他比較溫柔

Ming ming jiu ta bi jiao wen rou

也許他能給你更多

Ye xu ta neng gei ni geng duo

不用抉擇我會自動變朋友

Bu yong jue ze wo hui zi dong bian peng you

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Repeat **

Repeat ***

Repeat Chorus

明明就 明明就明明就他比較溫柔

Ming ming jiu ming ming jiu ming ming ta bi jiao wen rou

也許他能給你更多

Ye xu ta neng gei ni geng duo

不用抉擇我會自動變朋友

Bu yong jue ze wo hui zi dong bian peng you

周杰倫 - 說了再見

周杰倫 - 說了再見

作詞：古小力、黃淩嘉
作曲：周杰倫
編曲：鍾興民

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天涼了　雨下了　妳走了
Tian liang le, yu xia le, ni zou le
清楚了　我愛的　遺失了
Qing chu le, wo ai de, yi shi le
落葉飄在湖面上睡著了
Luo ye piao zai hu mian shang shui zhao le

想要放　放不掉　淚在飄
Xiang yao fang, fang bu diao, lei zai piao
妳看看　妳看　看不到
Ni kan kan, ni kan, kan bu dao
我假裝過去不重要　卻發現自己辦不到
Wo jia zhuang guo qu bu zhong yao, que fa xian zi ji ban bu dao

Repeat *

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說了再見　才發現再也見不到
Shuo le zai jian cai fa xian zai ye jian bu dao
我不能就這樣失去妳的微笑
Wo bu neng jiu zhe yang shi qu ni de wei xiao
口紅待在桌角　而妳我找不到
Kou hong dai zai zhuo jiao er ni wo zhao bu dao
若角色對調妳說好不好
Ruo jiao se dui diao ni shuo hao bu hao

Repeat **

說了再見　才發現再也見不到
Shuo le zai jian cai fa xian zai ye jian bu dao
能不能就這樣忍著痛淚不掉
Neng bu neng jiu zhe yang ren zhe tong lei bu diao
說好陪我到老　永恆往那裡找
Shuo hao pei wo dao lao, yong heng wang na li zhao
再次擁抱一分一秒都好
Zai ci yong bao yi fen yi miao dou hao

Repeat *

妳的笑　妳的好　腦海裡　一直在繞
Ni de xiao ni de hao nao hai li yi zhi zai rao
我的手　忘不了　妳手的溫度
Wo de shou wang bu liao ni shou de wen du
心碎了一地　撿不回從前的心跳　身陷過去我無力逃跑
Xin sui le yi di jian bu hui cong qian de xin tiao, shen xian guo qu wo wu li tao pao
說再見　才發現再也見不到
Shuo zai jian cai fa xian zai ye jian bu dao
能不能就這樣忍著痛淚不掉
Neng bu neng jiu zhe yang ren zhe tong lei bu diao
說好陪我到老　永恆往那裡找
Shuo hao pei wo dao lao, yong heng wang na li zhao
再次擁抱一分一秒都好
Zai ci yong bao yi fen yi miao dou hao