I did a bit of searching - as you do, and came up with the answers.
There is a site that you paste the "you tube" link into - It downloads the vid as an FLV file. This type of file cannot be played without a special player.
You can download a free player too, from another site.
I have now downloaded the "Chew on this" 24 minute video from you tube and can watch it without being on the net.
Good value !!
Instructions for downloading youtube videos:
http://www.jakeludington.com/ask_jak...m_youtube.html
Link to website that does the downloading: http://keepvid.com/
Site for downloading the free player: http://www.swfmax.com/
Enjoy !!!
Cheers, Ross