Webcam Video Recorder

No. Recording and photo capture both happen entirely in your browser, and the files are held in memory on your own device until you download them or close the tab. Nothing is ever sent to a server.

It's a real, working camera you can use directly in your browser, no software install, no account, and no app store required. Click Enable Camera, allow permission, and you have a live feed you can screenshot or record from immediately.

Yes. Take Photo grabs a still image at any time, even while a video recording is running, and both photos and videos land in the same Recordings & Photos list below, each downloadable on its own.

By default, yes. Uncheck "Record with microphone audio" before you hit Start Recording if you want a silent, video-only file instead, useful if you plan to add narration or music separately later.

720p is a solid default: sharp enough for most uses and a manageable file size. Pick 1080p if the recording needs to look its best, on a big screen or in something you're publishing, or drop to 480p to keep file sizes small for something you just need to send quickly. Your camera and browser will get as close to the requested resolution as the hardware allows.

The preview is mirrored by default because that's how you're used to seeing yourself, the same as a bathroom mirror or a laptop's built-in camera app. The actual recorded file is not mirrored; it comes out the way a camera would normally capture it, so text or writing behind you reads correctly instead of backwards. Turn Mirror off if you'd rather the preview matched the recording exactly.

It gives you a moment to get into position, check your framing, or step back from the keyboard before recording actually starts, the same idea as a phone camera's timer. Turn it on with the checkbox above the record button; it's off by default so a quick recording can start the instant you click.

Yes. Pause freezes the recording and the timer without ending the take; Resume picks up again in the same file. It's useful for cutting out an interruption without having to record and stitch together two separate clips.

Video downloads as WebM in Chrome, Edge, and Firefox, the standard web video format those browsers record with; Safari typically produces an MP4 file instead. Photos always download as PNG. Both are common, widely supported formats that open in any modern player, editor, or image viewer.

No. Everything lives in browser memory for this page visit only, so reloading the page or navigating away clears anything you haven't downloaded yet. Download what you want to keep before you leave the page.