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There are four ways to get the the files generated from a recording. Which one is most appropriate for you will depend on the type of application you're building and your comfort with coding.

Manual download
Use a <form> element
Use the JS API
Use a server callback

Manually Downloading

All published recordings can be manually downloaded from CameraTag.com. Clicking on the name of an App in the admin panel will present a list of published videos. Clicking on an individual video will open a lightbox withe the video on the left and various actions (inlcuding download) on the right. The download button will display a menu allowing you download files from any of the App's recording formats.

Note that you can configure email notifications in the App's setup page so you will know when new videos are available for download. To learn more about email notifications please see the Email Notification documentation.

Using a <form> element

Your CameraTag will create three files for each recording format you've chosen
  • h.264 mp4 video
  • full-resolution png thumbnail
  • half-resolution png thumbnail
The easiest way to retrive the recorded files is to place your CameraTag in a form on your website. Once the user has recorded a file the cameratag will automatically create and populate a hidden input field containing the URLs for each file created.

For example, if you included the following a CameraTag named "MyCamera" that recorded in 360p:

<form action='/some_url'>
  <camera id='MyRecorder1' data-uuid='[YOUR_CAMERA_UUID]'></camera>
</form>
Your form would post as if the HTML had looked like this: 
<form action='/some_url'>
  <input type='hidden' name='MyCamera[video_uuid]' value='[VIDEO_UUID]'/>
  <input type='hidden' name='MyCamera[360p][mp4]' value='http://url.to.your/mp4_video' />
  <input type='hidden' name='MyCamera[360p][thumb]' value='http://url.to.your/thumb' />
  <input type='hidden' name='MyCamera[720p][small_thumb]' value='http://url.to.your/small_thumb' />
</form>

Using the JS API

After a user has published their recording you can access the URLs of the associated files using the JS API. The getVideo() method returns a JS object containing data about the recorded video including a formats array. For each reocridng format you've chosen for your camera you will see a corresponding object in the formats array containg the format's file URLs 
CameraTag.observe('MyRecorder1', 'initialized', function(){
  var myCamera = CameraTag.cameras["MyRecorder1"];
  var myVideo = myCamera.getVideo();
  var mp4_url = myVideo.formats[0].mp4_url
})

Using a server callback

You can have the CameraTag servers automatically POST video data to your servers when a user publishes a recording using one of your cameras. To do so, simply enter the URL that you would like us to POST the data to in the "Callback URL" field of your Camera's settings page. You can learn more about the data that is POSTED here