labgrade, if the video is on RealPlayer the answer is -
You can't.
There may be a way to do it if you are a serious hacker, but for we mortals, sorry charlie. At least,
I don't know of a way, and if
I don't know of a way..... there are probably several.
If it is an MPEG, though, you're in luck.
Assuming you are using Windoze, do this:
Watch the movie online. Don't exit the window. Bring up the file finder, and search for:
*.mpg; *.mpeg
You'll find the buggers sitting in your cache file. They may have a weird name, but they will be there, and the file date will be just a minute ago. Copy them to the desired location, rename them, and there you go.
If you find this difficult with IE, got to
www.opera.com and install their browser. It's slick, small, and won't bother IE. Use Opera to go to the same site, view the movie, and it will be nicely tucked away, with the correct name, in
C:\Program Files\Opera\Downloads
It's pretty simple in Netscape, too. Same as Opera, but the file name will be weird, and located in
C:\Program Files\Netscape\Users\<yourprofilename>\Cache
Happy whatevering!
Of course, you will be using this technique to capture MPEGs of
guns, won't you? Of course. (Mandatory gun content!)
BTW, Opera will usually capture Adobe files in the same directory. Same procedure.