This is nothing new. In fact I have been downloading Dailymotion videos for later viewing for many months.  Here are just some of the different ways you can download videos from YouTube, DailyMotion, Google Videos etc. (And no I wont bother putting in a disclaimer).

I will start by explaining the problem behind downloading videos from these popular sites.  First up they are displayed to you using a flash based player.  This means that the videos has most likely been converted into a .flv file (which can’t be viewed by WMP etc.)

So here are the options for downloading vids.  The easiest way is to use Video Downloader 2.0.  And dont worry you wont have to download anything (except the video!).  You simply insert the URL of the video and then download the file.  I found that for an average episode of The Office (which of course I would never watch illegally) was around 75mb.  The File that you download will be in .flv format but dont worry here is a free .flv player for windows.

The same Video Download 2.0 comes as a FireFox extension.  Its as simply as clicking an icon while your watching a video you wish to download.  Download the extension here

Now if you would like to actually have the video converted and downloaded in one then take a look at Vixy.  Simply enter the URL of the page of the video you wish to download and Vixy will give you a custom download URL with which links to the converted video file.  

There are a number of other options available but many include watermarks, adware etc. My tip is never pay for a piece of software that can download and convert vids when it can all be done online for free!