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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[katesnotes]

I use an add on called freecorder that allows me to download youtube vids. I haven't tried it on the daily show but it might work. I find it useful. Hope this helps

[litotease]

I'll check it out; thank you.

I'm just using the Daily Show as a test site because (1) I know it's set up keep the video files from downloading, which are the kinds of files I have to figure out how to download anyway, and (2) I get to watch lots of good stuff while I'm fighting with software! ::g::