Janne Aspinen has posted some great video's on youtube,
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL807D63E183BC7BD7
this is from the other thread, post 191
as a btb, I have been using Freemake Video Downloader and it works well. Freemake Converter is also outstanding, easy to use video converter for windows that works,
http://www.freemake.com/