OK…you’re watching a video online but you don’t have time now to finish watching the video….how to download a streaming video? Let’s back up.

Unless you’ve been living in a hole, you know that 2007 was the year of online video. Video sites have popped up all over. Meetings are held in one office connecting 1000’s of others through video. The best way to explain software or any type of computer related item is through screen capture video. And of course we all put snippets of video or entire video segments on YouTube.

The Internet has gone through so many changes in the past years.

However, some things have become very integrated into the way we use the Internet in our daily lives. One example of this is social bookmarking. Some of the biggest, high traffic sites are social bookmarking sites that allow people to vote for the stories, news, and videos that others should see.

Another example of something that has become very integrated into our Internet lives is video. In fact more and more of the links from these social bookmarking sites are pointing to videos. Some industries are worried about all this video entertainment available on demand at any time and have been reluctant to embrace it. But the truth is that Internet video has captured the hearts and eyes of the world and it is here to stay.

Video is no longer used just for entertainment any more but more and more people are using it for sharing information, teaching, and promoting subjects in ways where words just are not enough.

However, there are still some things that need to be worked out in regards to enjoying all this video entertainment. Sometimes you go back to a web site where you have seen a video and the site is no longer working. Sometimes the web site is working but video is not working. Maybe you just forgot to bookmark the site and can not find it again. If your internet connection is down then none of that matters.

Or maybe your favorite internet marketer puts up a special video for only a couple of days…you might really like the video and want to view it at a latter date….what can you do if it’s no longer there?

In short you could just download the video….right?

Well there is a simple way to solve all of the above problems. The solution is to download videos from the web site on to your hard drive. Actually there is only one problem with this solution. The problem is that more and more people are starting to use a new Flash video creator named Camtasia and unfortunately you can not right click on the video to download it. And YouTube along with other video sharing sites use FLV which cannot be downloaded simply.

Fortunately there are some smart people out there who recognized this as a problem and have decided to do something about it. Yes, now you can download all those new Camtasia videos that everyone is starting to use. Having your own video library is possible with the Flash Video Downloader.

I’ve been using Flash Video Downloader to download videos from the interent for over a year now. With each upgrade Flash Video Downloader gets better and better. The best part is that I can download videos for my own viewing and with permisson from the original video owner, I can use the videos on my own websites. Or I can edit the video’s and use them to submit to YouTube and other video submission sites. It’s important to always get permission from the video owner before using a video to publish for your own purpose.

I highly recommend Flash Video Downloader if you’re on a dial up modem and just can’t get video’s to play. Just use Flash Video Downloader and download your desired video at night.

I have a high speed cable modem and can download a 30 minute camtasia screen capture video in 10 minutes or less.

Give Flash Video Downloader a try…..there’s a money back guarantee!

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