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.

Comments

[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...

[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

[brootang]

Hubby uses a programme called 'WM Capture', it works like a screen grabber and has saved the unsaveable for me in the past.