http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ey1i8w45sZw&feature=related

download the video and use a video converter to convert it to a flash file type (.swf not .flv)

Bluh, thanks. Too much work though.

not really just 2 programs are needed, one to download the youtube video and one to convert it. actually Any Video Converter can do both.

There's a pretty slick plugin for the first part for FF too: just adds a "Download" button to all Youtube pages, looks like a part of the site. Very handy at times.

This is my method:

youtube-dl -o video.flv 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ey1i8w45sZw' && ffmpeg -i video.flv video.swf

Windows users can use WinFF, and something web-based like keepvid or a Firefox plugin.

EDIT: I just noticed this thread is three months old...

Liquid_Chameleon said:
There's a pretty slick plugin for the first part for FF too: just adds a "Download" button to all Youtube pages, looks like a part of the site. Very handy at times.

"easy youtube downloader 4.1" firefox add-on. i love that thing.