Need Help re: Downloading the Undownloadable

[litotease]

Somebody out there knows (or knows somebody else who knows) how to download undownloadable video.
Help?

I'm going to be working with a Professor who's studying the impacts of subtle racist language in the news. For online sources, she wants to save a local copy just in case the original source disappears. This isn't a problem when the source is text-based, but can become a problem when the source is video footage.

I'm using Firefox. I've been playing with footage from The Daily Show, just because I know that my Download Helper add-on doesn't see video streams from there, and I can't figure it out. I know there's gotta be a way.

Thanks, y'all.

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[dharma_slut]

I don't have enough time to investigate, but google query http://www.google.com/search?q=download+streaming+video brought up a bunch of possibilities...

[litotease]

Google is the first thing I tried. At this point, I've downloaded/installed/and uninstalled 4 different software packages and 3 different Firefox add-ons. I was really hoping somebody could help me circumvent the trial-and-error.

I also remembered reading somewhere that the url for the "hidden" vid should show up on the 'view page source' page. I tried that with the main Daily Show page, and there were sooooo many links, I was having trouble sorting through them all. (I was scanning for .flv file types, but I don't know if that's what I should be scanning for. Hmmm.)

I do appreciate your help, though (♥). You used a different search term combo than I did, and so got some different results I can try. It's just looking like I'm going to have to keep slogging through them all with my fingers crossed.