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Problems with a bad connection. I try to watch videos online and they play a few seconds then stop. Over and over.
Seeking through videos would also cause problems and the videos would have to start over, loading.
Also reduces wasting bandwidth by watching the same video multiple times.
Additionally save space by scaling the video and audio down. 


After some consideration I though about an elaborate way to resolve this problem, by landing a rover on mars and ....... ,yet then decided I can simply accomplish it with autoit. After some research while considering different approaches I found the best way to do it with RSS feeds.RSS feed downloading. The most practicable use is downloading while away.  To watch videos later.

A example of feeds file with RSS links

feeds 

https://vimeo.com/adultswim/videos/rss
https://vimeo.com/channels/bestoftheyear2016/videos/rss
https://vimeo.com/channels/bestofthemonth/videos/rss
https://vimeo.com/channels/bestofstaffpicks2017/videos/rss
https://vimeo.com/newyorktimes/videos/rss
https://vimeo.com/gopro/videos/rss
https://vimeo.com/user703283/videos/rss

 

in the folder it creates data.ini
which associates the file with vlc title, there are some errors from the split. edit2 fix v1.16
  

logData($user[1], $user[2], $file)

which later can be use for videoplaying

 

main.au3 

; major - Version 1.17
#include <InetConstants.au3>
#include <File.au3>
Opt("WinTitleMatchMode", 2)
$sFilePath = @ScriptDir & "\feeds"
Local $iCountLines = _FileCountLines($sFilePath)
ConsoleWrite("$iCountLines" & ":" & $iCountLines & @CRLF)
Local $hFileOpen = FileOpen($sFilePath, $FO_READ)
Local $oXML = ObjCreate("Microsoft.XMLDOM")
Local $titleInfo

For $i = 1 To $iCountLines
    $sFileRead = FileReadLine($hFileOpen, $i)
    $url = $sFileRead
    If (@error) Then
        ConsoleWrite($i & ":" & "ExitLoop ... FileReadLine ERROR" & @CRLF)
        ExitLoop
    Else
        ConsoleWrite($i & ":" & $url & @CRLF)
        Local $sFile = @ScriptDir & "/rss.xml"
        Local $hDownload = InetGet($url, $sFile, $INET_FORCERELOAD)
        InetClose($hDownload)
        $oXML.load($sFile)
        $oParameters = $oXML.SelectNodes("/rss/channel/item")

        For $oParameter In $oParameters
            $oVideoId = $oParameter.SelectSingleNode("./link").text
            $split = StringSplit($oVideoId, '/')
            $file = $split[$split[0]]
            ConsoleWrite('+' & "link:" & $oVideoId & @CRLF)
            ConsoleWrite('+' & "file:" & $file & @CRLF)

            $fSaveDir = @ScriptDir & "\downlink\"
            If (FileExists($fSaveDir) == 0) Then
                DirCreate($fSaveDir)
            EndIf
            $fSave = $fSaveDir & $file & ".mp4"
            If (FileExists($fSave) == 0) Then
                ;https://wiki.videolan.org/Transcode
                ;https://wiki.videolan.org/Documentation:Modules/transcode/
                ;https://wiki.videolan.org/Documentation:Streaming_HowTo/Command_Line_Examples/
                ;;;;;; vb="1024" is bitrate adjust or remove for better quyality. 1024 is for lower bandwidth
                $pram = ' -vvv "' & $oVideoId & '" --qt-notification=0 --sout=#transcode{vcodec="h264",vb="1024",fps="25",vfilter=canvas{width=960,height=540},acodec="mp3",ab="12","channels=2",samplerate="32000"}:standard{access="file",dst=' & $fSave & '} vlc://quit"'
                ConsoleWrite('+' & 'C:\Progra~2\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe' & $pram & @CRLF)
                Local $iPID = ShellExecute("vlc.exe", $pram, @ProgramFilesDir & "\VideoLAN\VLC\")
                Sleep(5000)
                $title = StringTrimRight(WinGetTitle("VLC"), 19)
                ConsoleWrite('>' & $iPID & ":" & $title & @CRLF)
                $user = StringSplit($title, '-')
                For $i = 2 To $user[0] ; Loop through the array returned by StringSplit to display the individual values.
                    If ($i > 2) Then ;; needs tested to confirm replacing -
                        $titleInfo = $titleInfo & "-" & $user[$i]
                    Else
                        $titleInfo = $titleInfo & $user[$i]
                    EndIf
                Next
                ConsoleWrite('+' & $titleInfo & @CRLF)
                logData($user[1], $titleInfo, $file)
                ConsoleWrite('>' & $iPID & ":::ProcessWaitClose" & @CRLF)
                ProcessWaitClose($iPID)
            Else
                ConsoleWrite('!' & "Pass:::" & $fSave & @CRLF)
            EndIf
        Next
        ConsoleWrite($i & ":" & $sFileRead & @CRLF)
    EndIf
Next

Func logData($user, $title, $code)
    Local Const $sFilePath = $fSaveDir & "data.ini"
    ConsoleWrite($sFilePath & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite('+' & $user & ":" & $title & ":" & $code & @CRLF)
    IniWrite($sFilePath, $user, $code, $title)
EndFunc   ;==>logData

 

Additionally, I haven't spent extensive time to testing it. It's functional for me after a few test. I am not sure if scaling video down through vlc effects download bandwidth. VLC could be downloading the HD version then scaling down through the pc. Might be something to look into.
I will not endorse/support this use for other websites.

 

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 replaceCode ; Version 1.16 

$title = WinGetTitle("VLC")
ConsoleWrite('>' & $iPID & ":" & $title & @CRLF)
$user = StringSplit($title, '-')
logData($user[1], $user[2], $file)

This remove most failures in title split. For data.ini video info

  • Edit 3 -

 : fix split with for loop, add version identifier ; Version 1.17 

$title = StringTrimRight (WinGetTitle("VLC"), 19 )
ConsoleWrite('>' & $iPID & ":" & $title & @CRLF)
$user = StringSplit($title, '-')
        For $i = 2 To $user[0] ; Loop through the array returned by StringSplit to display the individual values.
                If ($i > 2) Then ;; needs tested to confirm replacing -
                    $titleInfo = $titleInfo & "-" $user[$i]
                Else
                    $titleInfo = $titleInfo & $user[$i]
                EndIf
        Next
ConsoleWrite('+' & $titleInfo & @CRLF)
logData($user[1], $titleInfo, $file)

 

  • Edit 4 -

Comments added
vimeoDownload_descritpions.au3
The most simple version. If you don't want all the extra stuff and just want to learn from it with experimentation. 
Trimmed down to 16 lines
vimeoDownload_basic.au3

  • Edit 5 -

Line 43 added --qt-start-minimized to background the tasks.
  

$pram = ' -vvv --qt-start-minimized "' & $oVideoId & '" --qt-notification=0 --sout=#transcode{vcodec="h264",vb="1024",fps="25",vfilter=canvas{width=960,height=540},acodec="mp3",ab="12","channels=2",samplerate="32000"}:standard{access="file",dst=' & $fSave & '} vlc://quit"'

 

 

All Source files. majorangle/vimeoDownloader: Download vimeo videos from RSS feeds while away. (github.com)

VLC is required Official download of VLC media player, the best Open Source player - VideoLAN

If you have any questions I'll do my best to help.

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Useful addition vimeoDownloader/playlistGen.au3 at main · majorangle/vimeoDownloader (github.com)
Functional with published version.
Capable to generating playlist with many folders, for example each user having their own folder. 

#include <File.au3>
$dir = @ScriptDir
Local Const $sFilePath = $dir & '\playlist.m3u'
Local $sString
FileDelete($sFilePath)

If Not FileWrite($sFilePath, "#EXTM3U" & @CRLF) Then
    ConsoleWrite("An error occurred whilst writing the temporary file.")
EndIf
; Open the file for writing (append to the end of a file) and store the handle to a variable.
Local $hFileOpen = FileOpen($sFilePath, $FO_APPEND)
If $hFileOpen = -1 Then
    ConsoleWrite("An error occurred whilst writing the temporary file.")
EndIf
; List all the files and folders in the desktop directory using the default parameters and return the full path.
Local $aFileList = _FileListToArray($dir, Default, $FLTA_FOLDERS, True)
If @error = 1 Then
    MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "", "Path was invalid.")
    Exit
EndIf
If @error = 4 Then
    MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "", "No file(s) were found.")
    Exit
EndIf
For $vElement In $aFileList
    $sString = $sString & $vElement & @CRLF
    ConsoleWrite($vElement & @CRLF)
    ; Assign a Local variable the search handle of all files in the current directory.
    Local $hSearch = FileFindFirstFile($vElement & '\*.mp4')
    ; Check if the search was successful, if not display a message and return False.
    If $hSearch = -1 Then
        ConsoleWrite("Error: No files/directories matched the search pattern." & @CRLF)
    EndIf
    ; Assign a Local variable the empty string which will contain the files names found.
    Local $sFileName = ""
    While 1
        $sFileName = FileFindNextFile($hSearch)
        ; If there is no more file matching the search.
        If @error Then ExitLoop
        ConsoleWrite($sFileName & @CRLF)
        ; Display the file name.
        $title = IniRead($vElement & '\data.ini', StringTrimRight($sFileName, 4), 'title', Null)
        FileWriteLine($hFileOpen, $vElement & '\' & $sFileName)
    WEnd
    ; Close the search handle.
    FileClose($hSearch)
Next
FileClose($hFileOpen)

 

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This is a more advanced playlist with titles. 
If i find time to get it functional and not an example then I will but I don't have to time to deal with it at the moment. 

Example video Adult Swim SMALLS Presents: S.T.A.R.H.A.W.K.S. on Vimeo
Reference RSS https://vimeo.com/adultswim/videos/rss

Each user has a folder with the data.ini 
Example(E:\downlink\adultswim\data.ini)
File: E:\downlink\newyorktimes\508927445.mp4

Quote

[508927445]
author=adultswim
title=S.T.A.R.H.A.W.K.S.
date=2021-02-05

Additional user would be as such, E:\downlink\newyorktimes\data.ini
Containing
Almost Famous: The Lost Astronaut on Vimeo

Quote

[380740025]
author=newyorktimes
title=Almost Famous: The Lost Astronaut
date=2019-12-20

 

While section is clearly the video id and the video id is the 380740025.mp4
Example location would be. 
E:\downlink\newyorktimes\380740025.mp4

  

#include <File.au3>
$dir = 'E:\downlink\'
Local Const $sFilePath = $dir & 'playlist.xspf'
Local $sString
FileDelete($sFilePath)

If Not FileWrite($sFilePath, '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>' & @CRLF) Then
    ConsoleWrite("An error occurred whilst writing the temporary file.")
EndIf
; Open the file for writing (append to the end of a file) and store the handle to a variable.
Local $hFileOpen = FileOpen($sFilePath, $FO_APPEND)
If $hFileOpen = -1 Then
    ConsoleWrite("An error occurred whilst writing the temporary file.")
EndIf
; List all the files and folders in the desktop directory using the default parameters and return the full path.
Local $aFileList = _FileListToArray($dir, Default, $FLTA_FOLDERS, True)
If @error = 1 Then
    MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "", "Path was invalid.")
    Exit
EndIf
If @error = 4 Then
    MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "", "No file(s) were found.")
    Exit
EndIf
FileWriteLine($hFileOpen, '<playlist>')
FileWriteLine($hFileOpen, '<trackList>')
FileWriteLine($hFileOpen, @CRLF)


For $vElement In $aFileList
    $sString = $sString & $vElement & @CRLF
    ConsoleWrite($vElement & @CRLF)
    ; Assign a Local variable the search handle of all files in the current directory.
    Local $hSearch = FileFindFirstFile($vElement & '\*.mp4')
    ; Check if the search was successful, if not display a message and return False.
    If $hSearch = -1 Then
        ConsoleWrite("Error: No files/directories matched the search pattern." & @CRLF)
    Else
    ; Assign a Local variable the empty string which will contain the files names found.
    Local $sFileName = ""
    While 1
        $sFileName = FileFindNextFile($hSearch)
        ; If there is no more file matching the search.
        If @error Then ExitLoop
        ConsoleWrite($sFileName & @CRLF)
        FileWriteLine($hFileOpen, '<track>')
        FileWriteLine($hFileOpen, '<location>'&$vElement & '\' & $sFileName&'</location>')
        $title = IniRead($vElement & '\data.ini', StringTrimRight($sFileName, 4), 'title', Null)
        FileWriteLine($hFileOpen, '<title>'& StringReplace($title,'&','')&'</title>')
        $author = IniRead($vElement & '\data.ini', StringTrimRight($sFileName, 4), 'author', Null)
        FileWriteLine($hFileOpen, '<creator>'&$author&'</creator>')
    FileWriteLine($hFileOpen, '</track>')
    FileWriteLine($hFileOpen, @CRLF)
    WEnd
    EndIf
    ; Close the search handle.
    FileClose($hSearch)
Next

    FileWriteLine($hFileOpen, @CRLF)
FileWriteLine($hFileOpen, '</trackList>')
FileWriteLine($hFileOpen, '</playlist>')

FileClose($hFileOpen)

 

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Playlist sorting example added.

 If i can find time/effort to make the examples functional with vimeo I will.  Which mostly just has to do with formatting the data and RSS. extracting from internet such as , date, creator, title information. then assigning that correctly to the xml playlist. then it can be processed with this to sort by newest published. 

vimeoDownloader/playlistSort.au3 at main · majorangle/vimeoDownloader (github.com) 

#Region ;**** Directives created by AutoIt3Wrapper_GUI ****
#AutoIt3Wrapper_UseX64=y
#EndRegion ;**** Directives created by AutoIt3Wrapper_GUI ****
#include <File.au3>
#include <Array.au3>
Local Const $sFilePath = 'E:\downlink\' & "playlist.xspf"
Local Const $sFilePath_sort = 'E:\downlink\' & "playlist_sorted.xspf"
Local $hFileOpen = FileOpen($sFilePath, $FO_READ)
Local $oXML = ObjCreate("Microsoft.XMLDOM")
Local $data[0][4], $sString

$oXML.load($sFilePath)
$oParameters = $oXML.SelectNodes("//playlist/trackList/track")
For $oParameter In $oParameters
    Local $sFill = String($oParameter.SelectSingleNode("./date").text) & '|' & _
            String($oParameter.SelectSingleNode("./location").text) & '|' & _
            String($oParameter.SelectSingleNode("./creator").text) & '|' & _
            String($oParameter.SelectSingleNode("./title").text)
    ConsoleWrite('!' & $sFill & @CRLF)
    _ArrayAdd($data, $sFill)
Next

_ArraySort($data, 1)
_ArrayDisplay($data, "AFTER QuickSort descending")
;~ $data1 = _ArraySort($data, 0, 3, 6)

FileDelete($sFilePath_sort)
If Not FileWrite($sFilePath_sort, '<?xml version="1.0"?>' & @CRLF) Then
    ConsoleWrite("An error occurred whilst writing the temporary file.")
EndIf
; Open the file for writing (append to the end of a file) and store the handle to a variable.
Local $hFileOpen = FileOpen($sFilePath_sort, $FO_APPEND)
If $hFileOpen = -1 Then
    ConsoleWrite("An error occurred whilst writing the temporary file.")
EndIf
If @error = 1 Then
    MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "", "Path was invalid.")
    Exit
EndIf
If @error = 4 Then
    MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "", "No file(s) were found.")
    Exit
EndIf
FileWriteLine($hFileOpen, '<playlist>')
FileWriteLine($hFileOpen, '<trackList>')
FileWriteLine($hFileOpen, @CRLF)

For $i = 0 To UBound($data, 1) - 1
    FileWriteLine($hFileOpen, '<track>')
    FileWriteLine($hFileOpen, '<date>' & $data[$i][0] & '</date>')
    FileWriteLine($hFileOpen, '<location>' & $data[$i][1] & '</location>')
    FileWriteLine($hFileOpen, '<creator>' & $data[$i][2] & '</creator>')
    FileWriteLine($hFileOpen, '<title>' & $data[$i][3] & '</title>')
    FileWriteLine($hFileOpen, '</track>')
    FileWriteLine($hFileOpen, @CRLF)
Next

FileWriteLine($hFileOpen, @CRLF)
FileWriteLine($hFileOpen, '</trackList>')
FileWriteLine($hFileOpen, '</playlist>')
FileClose($hFileOpen)

 

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