Why does it say it could not get an open stream?

Vimeo gives no open stream when a video is DRM-protected or when its player is closed to visitors who are not signed in. Your link is fine; there is simply nothing this page may save.

Where does the video come from?

From Vimeo’s own servers, straight to your device. Your browser fetches the video and builds the MP4 itself. We do not store, host or relay the video.

Which quality do I get?

The best quality that fits the size limit, which is 2 GB on a computer and 150 MB on a phone or tablet. When the top quality would be larger than that, the page steps down to a lower one rather than refusing the video.

What if the video is too large for my phone?

If even the lowest quality is over 150 MB, the page says so. Open the same page on a computer, where the limit is 2 GB. Closing the page stops a download, because the file is built in your browser.

Does it save DRM-protected videos?

No. A DRM-protected video cannot be saved here, and we do not try to get round the protection. The page tells you when that is why it stopped.

Does it work on an iPhone?

You can try it in any browser. We tested it in Edge on a computer, not on an iPhone. If your browser cannot build or keep the file, the page says so in plain words.

Download only videos you made or have permission to use. That a video is public does not make it free to reuse, and re-posting someone else’s work can infringe their copyright and Vimeo’s terms.

Yes. Each visitor gets a limited number of lookups per hour, so the tool stays free for everyone. When you reach it, the page says when it resets.

Vimeo video downloader

Paste a Vimeo video link, preview the video, and save one MP4 with its sound to your device. It works on public videos, needs no account, and the video comes from Vimeo to you, not through us.

How to save a video

Copy the link: on Vimeo press Share and copy the link, or copy the address from your browser.
Paste it in the box above and press Get video.
Wait while your browser builds the file, watch the preview, then press Download MP4 to keep it.

The file comes from Vimeo’s servers straight to your device, so it uses your connection, not ours.

How this works

Paste a link to a public Vimeo video, one anyone can open without signing in. We look up where Vimeo plays it from, and your browser fetches the picture and the sound from Vimeo directly and joins them into one MP4 on your device, so the video never passes through our server and we keep no copy. You get a preview and a Download MP4 button, in the best quality that fits the size limit, within a limited number of downloads per hour.

Questions

Why does it say it could not get an open stream?: Vimeo gives no open stream when a video is DRM-protected or when its player is closed to visitors who are not signed in. Your link is fine; there is simply nothing this page may save.
Where does the video come from?: From Vimeo’s own servers, straight to your device. Your browser fetches the video and builds the MP4 itself. We do not store, host or relay the video.
Which quality do I get?: The best quality that fits the size limit, which is 2 GB on a computer and 150 MB on a phone or tablet. When the top quality would be larger than that, the page steps down to a lower one rather than refusing the video.
What if the video is too large for my phone?: If even the lowest quality is over 150 MB, the page says so. Open the same page on a computer, where the limit is 2 GB. Closing the page stops a download, because the file is built in your browser.
Does it save DRM-protected videos?: No. A DRM-protected video cannot be saved here, and we do not try to get round the protection. The page tells you when that is why it stopped.
Does it work on an iPhone?: You can try it in any browser. We tested it in Edge on a computer, not on an iPhone. If your browser cannot build or keep the file, the page says so in plain words.
Is it allowed?: Download only videos you made or have permission to use. That a video is public does not make it free to reuse, and re-posting someone else’s work can infringe their copyright and Vimeo’s terms.
Is there a limit?: Yes. Each visitor gets a limited number of lookups per hour, so the tool stays free for everyone. When you reach it, the page says when it resets.

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How Do You Download a Video From Instagram, Facebook, X or Vimeo?Paste the link, preview the video, save the file, with no app. Also Bluesky, Streamable, Flickr, Bilibili and more. How it works, what it cannot save, and where the rules sit.