--- video_embed_field.handlers.inc	2012-06-21 18:04:20.000000000 -0400
+++ video_embed_field.handlers-dp.inc	2013-05-16 22:53:22.000000000 -0400
@@ -396,12 +396,11 @@
   $info = array(
     'id' => $id,
   );
-  $response = drupal_http_request('http://vimeo.com/api/v2/video/' . $id . '.php');
-  if (!isset($response->error)) {
-    $response = unserialize($response->data);
-    $video = current($response);
 
-    $image_url = $video['thumbnail_large'];
+  $response = drupal_http_request('http://vimeo.com/api/oembed.json?url=http%3A//vimeo.com/'. $id);
+  if (!isset($response->error)) {  
+    $video = json_decode($response->data, TRUE);
+    $image_url = $video['thumbnail_url'];
     $info['url'] = $image_url;
   }
   return $info;