Hey, Rob.
I have a great solution for you. If you are using Firefox, you should try addon called "FlashGot". It's very simple and powerful addon.
Not only you will be able to download videos, but also sounds, videos from flash players (like youtube) and so on.
The download process is very simple. Open the window where your media is located (http://www.someswebsite.com/lesson1.html or so on). Wait until the video buffer is full (until the whole video is loaded). Navigate (in Firefox) to tools -> flasgot Flashgot Media (or just ctrl + f7).
The downloaded file will be placed on desktop.
Hope this helps![]()