>
> >  it would also be nice to know how to view youtube and suchlike in
> > more favorable players such as vlc or mplayer but that's a separate
> > question.
>
> After the youtube video has completely buffered, copy the
> /tmp/Flashblahblah file to something like ~/file.swf, and convert it to
> an avi:
>
> $ mencoder file.swf -o file.avi -oac mp3lame -lavcopts
> acodec=mp3:abitrate=128 -ovc xvid -xvidencopts pass=2:bitrate=1600
>
> $ vlc file.avi
>

or just
$ mplayer /tmp/Flashblahblah

thanks!
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