Streaming Video - can I save it?

[MattyD]

Is there any way to save a streaming video say from YouTube or the BBC? Are there any programs that would allow me to save the video files? Preferably I'm after something I can download and use for free (big ask I know).

Also I'm after recommendations for a program to convert video files into different formats, mainly so I can convert whatever I rip into WMV for my 360.

Cheers in advance

[VR46]

There are plenty of sites that will let you save a video from youtube (don't know about bbc), on them, you enter the video URL and it does the rest. Google is your friend

[in5ane]

You need something like this for the BBC I think: http://www.wmrecorder.com/
Not free I'm afriad, but a start eh!

[Kongster]

If you're using Firefox, you can try the Videodownloader 2.0 extentsion. It supports youtube and plenty of others but not the bbc website...yet.

The Riva FLV encoder is what I use to convert the videos from .flv to .wmv and vice-versa.

[MattyD]

Thanks for your help guys