[gwu78]

youtube-dl: https://yt-dl.org/downloads/

You'll need Python to run it.

Or just write a script yourself in your language of choice.

I wrote one using only shell, sed and ftp.

  1. Download the video with your script of choice.
  2. Watch it with your video player of choice.

No flash needed. And you'll never have to wait while some silly pre-roll commercial plays before the video.