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It can be useful to download  streaming media to watch at a later date for many reasons, for example on slow connections with buffering problems or if you wish to watch offline.

The simplest way to record streaming video is through browser extensions, firefox has probably the best extensions list.

Firefox Browser addons.

Flashgot is a great plugin to record streaming video, it can pick up a single link on a page or multiple links.
It works best when used in conjunction with the DTA (Downthemall) download manager.