Download embedded vimeo video (halfautomatic)

vimeo.php

<?php
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// variables u get from the inspector console thingy (network tab) and some files you save then
$maserjson = "/tmp/master.json"; // file where you saved the master.json you saw in the networking tab
$segment_base_url = "https://60skyfiregce-vimeo.akamaized.net/exp=nnnnnnnnnn~acl=%2Fnnnnnnnnnn%2F%2A~hmac=nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn/nnnnnnn/video/";
// url from first segment which starts loading when you press play. Remove everything that comes after /video/. n means some numbers or characters, length not exact
// load json
$json = json_decode(file_get_contents($masterjson));
// localize largest video object
$vids = $json->video;
$video = $vids[0];
foreach($vids as $vid){
  if($video->width < $vid->width)
  {
    $video = $vid;
  }
}
// define some vars
$init_segment = base64_decode($video->init_segment);
$segment_base = $segment_base_url . $video->base_url;
$downloaded_segments = Array();
// open output file
$f = fopen("output.mp4","a");
// write video header
fwrite($f,$init_segment);
// download segment and append to file
foreach($video->segments as $segment)
{
  $fnam = $segment->url;
  $dlurl = $segment_base . $fnam;
  echo "Downloading {$dlurl}..." . PHP_EOL;
  download($dlurl,$f);
}
fclose($f);
function download($url,$f)
{
  $ch = curl_init( $url);
  curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true );
  curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, false );
  curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true );
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FILE, $f);
  curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_BINARYTRANSFER, true);
  curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, "NUTS (1.0)");
  curl_exec( $ch );
  curl_close( $ch );
}