I wrote this up for fun, to try to convert the bash script by Denver Gingerich and Jori Hamlainen to ruby.
VimeoDownloader can download vimeo rss feeds or individual videos.
It keeps track of downloaded videos in a very simple yaml file: downloaded_videos.yml
The RSS parsing is nothing fancy.
The only gem dependency is httparty.
It also requires ruby and wget. I'm using ruby 1.8.7
It is incomplete in a number of ways, but is functional
#Usage
v = VimeoDownloader.new
For a single video
v.download_video video_string
Or from the command line
ruby vimeo_downloader.rb video video_string
video_string can be either 'http://vimeo.com/VIDEO_ID' or just 'VIDEO_ID'
For a vimeo video rss feed
v.download_video_feed feed
Or from the command line
ruby vimeo_downloader.rb feed feed_url
where feed_url is an rss feed of vimeo video links
Or copy vimeo_task.rb.example to vimeo_task.rb and customize for batch jobs
VimeoDownloader released under the MIT license.
Copyright (C) 2011 by Benjamin Fleischer
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License of the original bash script:
http://ossguy.com/?p=841
# Vimeo Downloader
#
# Copyright (C) 2008, 2010 Denver Gingerich
# Copyright (C) 2009 Jori Hamalainen
#
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