Hypothetically speaking there exists several ways to do such a venture as discussed here:
http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/how-to-download-youtube-videos/Now if you use the Chrome browser, you could use this tool for Vimeo.:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/vimeo-download-videos/geeljcibkkackafmeepgadbfgmpjmdeg?hl=enYou can also download youtube videos in Chrome by following these directions I found
here.Quote:
With a bit of tinkering around with the above code, also downloading the video in MP4 is possible.
Same as above, create a new bookmark (It's probably best to name the above Download YouTube in FLV and then name this one Download YouTube in MP4) then add the following code in the address field:
javascript:window.location.href = 'http://youtube.com/get_video?video_id=' + swfArgs['video_id']+ "&fmt=18" + "&l=" + swfArgs['l'] + "&sk=" + swfArgs['sk'] + '&fmt_map' + swfArgs['fmt_map'] + '&t=' + swfArgs['t'];
Save then use the same way as the above.
If you are looking to record nearly ANY video stream, you could use
VLC Media Player which is a VERY nice media player that has yet to NOT play any format I can throw at it. If you do use VLC you could use the instructions that I found here:
Use VLC to record streaming videoThanks AC...always fun to think hypothetically...if you have any other ?s, feel free...I can find ANYTHING on the Internet...and I am NOT bragging.