[streaming] VP6 for flv playback / decoding

[Stephen Nelson-Smith]

Hello,

I want to save various flash videos (especially google tech talks).

I've established that I can save the flv using the DownloadHelper
plugin for firefox.  However, I can't play, or convert the flv - I
always get:

[flv @ 0xb71f22d0]Unsupported video codec (4)

Googling has suggested this is due to inability to pay the VP6 codec.

I am using Ubuntu 7.04.

What's the recommended course of action?

S.