The moving time counter tells us that the video is recording.

In the final step hit “Stream”, VLC will minimize and your webcam will begin recording.

Browse and give a file name and extension for container.

In “Stream Output” be sure “File” is selected in “New destination” and hit add.

Hit next in Direct Show (dshow) options.

After setting up the options, choose “Stream”, hit next and you reach “Stream Output” step.Other optional fields that you can specify are the video size and advanced options such as “Picture aspect-ratio”.Just leave it to “Default” option if you are unsure. Microphone is your default mic and Stereo Mix is the sound that your device is playing. For Audio, you can specify “Microphone” or “Stereo Mix”.In Video device name, choose your webcam: HD WebCam.In Capture Mode, make sure “DirectShow” is selected.If you did not get that, then follow these detailed steps: In the options we will be choosing “DirectShow” feature which will allow us to select our webcam as our video recording device. We will be using the “Open Capture Device” feature which is accessible from “Media > Open Capture Device”. The quality of the video depends upon the specifications or Megapixels, and other built-quality of the webcam that you have. This feature also allows you to specify advanced options like the ratio of the videos width and height, and the total size of the video. This is a really simple way to record video using the already present webcam in your machine. Basically, you’re telling VLC to capture your webcam video and save it into a file.

This special feature will allow you to select your webcam as your capture device and then stream what is captured to a file. For recording videos from your Laptop or Desktop webcam using VLC Media Player, you will have to use the Capture Device feature present in VLC’s Media menu.

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