Progra to rip youtube videos without a watermark - Any?

[Lord Xar]

I want to create very short poignant clips of debate excerpts specifically targeting various demographics.

Are there any youtube video rippers (so I can splice sections of certain videos as I deem fit) that won't put a watermark on the video once I get it?

thanks

[123tim]

This isn't an answer to your question, but I used to use a program built into Windows XP to splice videos....."I wouldn't call it a youtube video ripper" I think that it uses many different formats other than flv.

I can't remember the name...."media" something or other.
It came standard with home edition I believe. Worked well for what I was doing. It did fades and transitions if I remember correctly.

Edit:
It was called "Movie Maker" and seems to be available for free for all Windows operating systems:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/downloads/get-movie-maker

[youngbuck]

I've using Youtube Downloader HD recently with good results: http://www.youtubedownloaderhd.com/

[Lord Xar]

awesome, thanks all.