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Three frequently used methods for extracting video files from YouTube and other Flash videos based sites.

SaveTube   Free Web service – Downloads to your computer
http://www.savetube.com/

Download Helper  (Firefox Extension) – Downloads to your computer
http://www.downloadhelper.net/index.php

Zamzar Free and Fee based Web Service  Downloads  or Save on Zamzar Servers (fee based)
http://www.zamzar.com/

Other video related sites mentioned in the TIP workshop:

Internet Archive  http://www.archive.org/index.php   Moving Images Archive is a good place to start for historic, ephemeral films

HULU  http://www.hulu.com/ is a source for current television and film programs

Metacafe  http://www.metacafe.com/ is a site filled with short video

A web video site that searches a number of video related sites in Blinkx   http://www.blinkx.com