There is some content that I want to save to my hard disk (so I can
send it, replay it, edit it, whatever) that is available to me as a
streaming video embedded in a web page.  How do I do this?  Is there
software out there that does this?

On windows: net transport is the one that I like most. It is Shareware.

see http://www.xi-soft.com/default.htm

Protocols supported:

    * HTTP / HTTPS
    * FTP / through SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) / SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol)
    * MMS (Microsoft Media Services)
    * RTSP (Real-Time Streaming Protocol)
    * PNM (rename PNM to RTSP)

On Linux: mmsclient works good. http://gentoo-portage.com/net-misc/mmsclient

Subject: Re: capturing streaming video from the web to hard disk 
From: wolfway-ga on 05 Apr 2005 21:09 PDT     
On windows: net transport is the one that I like most. It is Shareware.

see http://www.xi-soft.com/default.htm

Protocols supported:

    * HTTP / HTTPS
    * FTP / through SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) / SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol)
    * MMS (Microsoft Media Services)
    * RTSP (Real-Time Streaming Protocol)
    * PNM (rename PNM to RTSP)

On Linux: mmsclient works good. http://gentoo-portage.com/net-misc/mmsclient
 

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Try wellget, it supports the protocols above and it's FREE!
http://www.wellget.com/