Like I said I'm new here. Lots of searching never led me to uktube. I see it is dependent upon python as well, this way is not. And vidconvert would just be waay too time consuming. (like you said, arguably)

What I'm thinking is a slicker bash script that scans your bookmarks for any direct links to .flv files and then prompts for which one to download/watch. This way you could right-click and bookmark the video and then call the script from a shortcut in the menu. A xterm would pop up and you'd select. A little cleaner..