▷ How to record your webcam with VLC Media Player?

Webcam recording will require a third party recorder that the user will need to install on their system. However, if user already has VLC, can also function as a webcam recorder. Many users will wonder if VLC is not a media player used to play videos and music. If it is, but it also provides the functions to record the video and capture devices like a webcam. In this article, We will show you how easy it is to record your webcam using VLC media player.

Record webcam with VLC

Webcam recording with VLC capture device

VLC media player is known to play all kinds of video files without any problem. Besides that, VLC media player can also record anything you can play or stream. VLC has a feature called capture device, which converts the video signal from the camera output and then routes it to the VLC media player. With this function, we can record the webcam video through VLC media player easily. Follow the steps below to record your webcam in VLC:

Make sure you have VLC installed on your computer; otherwise, you can download it from VLC Media Player official website.

1. Open VLC by double clicking on desktop shortcut or searching through Windows search function.

2. Click the Media menu on the menu bar and choose the Open Capture Device option.

3. Here you need to select your video device as the webcam and select the audio device as the microphone you are using. & Amp; lt; br / & amp; gt;
   Note: You can also change the capture mode to desktop, to also record the desktop via VLC. Open capture devices

4. Click on the Advanced Options button below. If you wish, you can change video aspect ratio and frame rate here. Change settings

5. Once you have finished configuring the options, click the Play button and it will start to show live webcam in VLC.

6. Click the View menu on the menu bar and choose the Advanced Controls option. Enabling advanced controls

7. It will show the record buttons on your VLC media player. Click the Record button to start recording from your webcam. You can press the Record button again to stop recording. Webcam recording

8. The webcam will be recorded and you can find the video file in your computer's video library.

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