2 posts tagged with "vimeo"

We're excited to release WhaleDown 2025.07.1. This release brings some important bug fixes.

What's new​

We've added Subtitle Preferences section in Downloader Settings. You can set the language of the subtitles you want to download in advance.

When the visited website (e.g. arte.tv) is supported, WhaleDown will download the subtitles at the same time as the video is downloaded.

The download will fail when the site is not supported, or there are no subtitles in the corresponding language.

Bug fixes​

1. Unable to load extension​

Some users feedbacks that Chrome was unable to load the WhaleDown extension. Our developer investigation revealed that Chrome 137 removed the 'load-extension' command line flag. All users using Chrome 137+ are affected by this bug.

We fixed this bug with a few tricks. Now you can go ahead and download DRM-protected videos. In the future, we'll look at other ways to load browser extensions.

2. Video loss bug​

Some users have reported that when they download videos from websites like Vimeo, there are audios only. This bug is caused by malformed data. This annoying bug was easily fixed by our developers.

We're now pushing an update with additional bug fixes to all users. We strongly recommend that you update to the current version 2025.07.1.

We are happy to announce the release of WhaleDown Desktop version 2024.08.1. This is an important bug fix release.

First, we fixed a bug related to downloading live video streams. You can now save a longer live stream without being interrupted unexpectedly.

Second, we discovered a major change in the Vimeo platform, which changed the technology for video transmission. Some users extract playlist.json from network packets but are unable to download it.

Our development team solved this problem by smartly controlling the browser. You can download all videos hosted on Vimeo via Google Chrome.