Seeing as how this thread got bumped already anyway ;)

My solution, which gets around both the problems of RealPlayer (and even when "all you do" is use it to download videos, it still wants to install advertising.  And it complains when, for example, you use your antispam to prevent their messaging utility from running.  But that is beside the point), and the unhappiness of youtube at downloading 'their' videos.

I will disclaim that is isn't terribly elegant, and it is a workaround.  It isn't as flexible or as clean as running flash directly.

Using the "embed" code link, you will get a link to the youtube video. (this works for godtube also :) )  Unfortuneately, this code will not work directly in either SM or the web plugin (hint?)  If you have access to a web server, you can drop this code into a web page on your server.  If you don't, there's free ones available which can run alongside SM on nearly any windows OS.  Drop the code into a web page, and you'll need to make one minor change after pasting:  by default, it will try to open as a 240x320 or something window, becuase this is coded into the link.  Look for  'width="330" height="270"' , and change the width and height to match your screen size for full screen.  If you're not sure, you can try leaving this out, but I won't guarantee the results; 1024x768 or 800x600 are pretty common resolutions, but this might be different if you are using widescreen.  If none of that works, you can always ask your local computer geeks...  Finally, point your SM web browser plugin at the page you created.  Using the preview ("eye") window, you can hit the play button.

FWIW, this can work for other media types not directly supported by SM but supported by a browser plugin.  I have used it for shockwave as well as flash; it should work for Java, too, though I haven't tried it.

No, I agree. Don't download RealPlayer just to download videos. I use a Plugin for Firefox called Video DownloadHelper, which adds a toolbar button to download the video. Find it here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3006

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