Here's how to download videos – brightwheel: Child Care App Review

The devs of this app are using Amazon Cloudfront to stream video. If you use Fiddler on PC or HttpWatch on iOS to watch the traffic log as you log in via the web browser and start a video playing, you'll see a Cloudfront url ending in "-brightwheel.m3u8". That's your video. They should set up a second Cloudfront option or account with the delivery method set to "Download" and then add a setting in the mobile app and website app to let the user choose if they'd rather stream or download the video. Also -- there is no login required for the Cloudfront stream, so be careful who you share the link with. Seems like a security flaw. Here is my workaround: 1. Install HttpWatch app and visit the mybrightwheel.com website in it's built-in browser. 2. Log in and access your child's feed. Click on the video I want, and check the HttpWatch log to get the URL to the m3u8 stream. 3. Copy the URL and email it to yourself or whatever. 4. On your PC/Mac, download the ffmpeg open-source app. There is no installer -- it runs from wherever you downloaded and extracted it. 5. Run the following command, using the URL you emailed yourself earlier, to save the stream to a file locally: .\ffmpeg.exe -i "https://<specific url details here>.cloudfront.net/<specific url details here>/<stream name here>.m3u8" -c copy -bsf:a aac_adtstoasc <some filename I want here>.mp4 So many hoops but hopefully Brightwheel will do the right thing and add download capability soon. Enjoy!
Review by The Max Awesome on brightwheel: Child Care App.