Free Webcam Options for YouTube Vlogging

Your smartphone is a fantastic tool for vlogging and recording video. If you have a modern smartphone past 2009, you have a pretty decent camera. Modern smartphones actually have really good cameras now. This one is a blue Super C smartphone, but my Galaxy Note 5 has a 4K capable rear camera which I use for Vlogs and certain things. It has 4K video production which is very high quality, and it also has a 1080p front camera for selfie mode recording. You can do pretty decent Vlogs with your front-facing webcam, and this is all you need. Then you can just use your built-in camera app that comes on your phone to record your video and then just go to YouTube and upload it to YouTube from your phone. Pretty simple.

On iOS, I believe they also still have the YouTube capture app which is a separate app designed just to record videos straight from your phone's camera and upload it to YouTube in a more YouTube specific fashion. This is kind of cool but iOS only as far as I know.

Another option for using your laptop's webcam or an external webcam such as one from Logitech is the Tech webcam software that comes free with your webcam. For basic use, this software is great, and you don't have any reason not to use it. It does a decent job for your basic webcam video and Vlog format.

For more advanced users, there are also software options available. One popular option is OBS or open broadcaster software, which is primarily used for people streaming video games on Twitch but I use it all the time to record my desktop and also to record my webcam. This software is a bit complicated to learn to set up but once you learn to set it up, it's pretty reliable for what it does. I have a huge playlist of tutorials for OBS up on my channel link to that playlist will be in the description below. It's completely free always updating always adding new features and you can also learn to stream with it too.

Another option is VirtualDub, which is a much more advanced software for recording video footage from connected devices such as capture cards or webcam. If you look up the proper tutorials to set it up properly, you can record very very high quality webcam videos with it.

Finally, there are also built-in camera apps that come with certain operating systems. For example, on Windows 8.1 and Windows 10, these are the actual apps that come with the new versions of Windows. They're actually pretty decent and extremely easy to use. It detects your webcam, you start recording, you stop recording, you can set up a photo timer to take pictures, and it gives you a video file which you can then upload to YouTube very very straightforward very very simple.

Conclusion

Don't fret that YouTube's taken away their built-in webcam recording option. You do have quite a few options to choose from for yourself. Your smartphone, the software that came with your webcam, OBS, VirtualDub, and the Windows 8 or Windows 10 webcam application are all free options. Links to all of these will be in the description below if you want to see any tutorials for specific software such as Logitech webcam software, VirtualDub Etc. leave that comment down below smash the like button if you enjoy it don't forget to subscribe and otherwise guys I will catch you in the next video also if you're curious the shirt came from Barnacles he has a new shirt shop and has the shirt and I couldn't resist

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enYouTube is shutting down their free YouTube webcam capture option within the YouTube website this was something not a lot of people apparently knew about but a lot of people who did know about it really used it and it was a built-in ability on the YouTube website to allow you to capture and record your webcam straight to YouTube so you didn't have to use any editing software or any specific recording program you could just press a button it loaded the flash app and recorded your webcam I use this on my Chromebook a couple times when it was like one of my only options to record videos and it it works it doesn't produce the best quality but it still was quite useful but they're getting rid of it and this seems to be primarily because they're dropping all support for Flash all together and that was a very flash-based app and so in this video I'm going to cover the top five or six I believe other options you have for free webcam or video capture to upload to you YouTube first and foremost I do want to mention that your smartphone is a fantastic tool for vlogging and recording video if you have at all a modern smartphone past like 2009 you have a pretty decent camera and if you have a modern one they actually have really really good cameras now this one is a blue Super C smartphone but my Galaxy Note 5 actually has a 4K capable rear camera which I use for Vlogs and certain things and it has 4K video production which is very high quality and then it has a 1080p front camera for selfie mode recording and you can do pretty decent Vlogs With Your front-facing webcam and this is all you need and then you can just use your built-in camera app that comes on your phone to record your video and then just go to YouTube and upload it to YouTube from your phone pretty simple on iOS I I don't have an iPhone so I can't really show this but on iOS I believe they also still have the YouTube capture app which is a separate app designed just to record videos straight from your phone's camera and upload it to YouTube in a more YouTube specific fashion which is kind of cool but iOS only as far as I know next up of course we have the software that came with or built into your computer or webcam if it's a laptop it may have come with some goofy software from the actual laptop manufacturer company for using your laptop's webcam or if you bought an external webcam such as one from Logitech you have the Tech webcam software that you can use to record videos and it does a decent job for your basic webcam video and Vlog format now I do have some issues with Logitech webcam software as a power user but for basic use it's great and it comes free with your webcam so if you're looking for another option to use no reason not to use that there's also OBS or open broadcaster software which is a live streaming and video recording tool that is primarily used for people streaming video games the twitch but I use it all the time to record my desktop I use it all the time to record my webcam that's actually any video I do with my webcam which is becoming less and less nowadays but any video I do use my webcam for I actually use OBS it's a bit complicated to learn to set up but once you learn to once you really learn to set it up it's pretty reliable for what it does and I have a huge I have like 40 or so tutorials for it up on my channel link to that playlist will be in the description below and it's completely free always updating always adding new features and you can also learn to like stream with it too there's also virtual dub which is a much more advanced software for your basic user but it's capable of recording video footage from connected devices such as capture cards or webcam so if you look up the proper tutorials to set it up properly you can record very very high quality webcam videos with it two more left there is of course the builtin camera app to Windows 8.1 or Windows 8 and Windows 10 these are the actual apps that come with the new versions of Windows and they're actually pretty decent and extremely easy to use it detects your webcam you start recording you stop recording you can set up a photo timer to take pictures and it gives you a video file which you can then upload to Youtube very very straightforward very very simple and works on any computer that has Windows 8 Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 I did a formal reev well not a formal review but I did a kind of basic review and clickthrough of my impressions of the Windows 10 camera app during my big Windows 10 tutorial series and at which you can click in the description below to find out about but it's a pretty decent app for your average user so that's it don't fret that YouTube's taken away their built-in webcam recording option you do have quite a few options to choose from for yourself your smartphone the software that came with your webcam OBS virtual dub the Windows 8 or Windows 10 web or camera application Etc there's lots of free options links to all of these will be in the description below if I have any tutorials on the software for example my giant OBS tutorial playlist playlist links will be in the description below if you want to see any tutorials for specific software such as Logitech webcam software virtual dub Etc leave that comment down below smash the like button if you enjoy it don't forget to subscribe and otherwise guys I will catch you in the next video also if you're curious the shirt came from Barnacles he has a new shirt shop and has the shirt and I couldn't resistYouTube is shutting down their free YouTube webcam capture option within the YouTube website this was something not a lot of people apparently knew about but a lot of people who did know about it really used it and it was a built-in ability on the YouTube website to allow you to capture and record your webcam straight to YouTube so you didn't have to use any editing software or any specific recording program you could just press a button it loaded the flash app and recorded your webcam I use this on my Chromebook a couple times when it was like one of my only options to record videos and it it works it doesn't produce the best quality but it still was quite useful but they're getting rid of it and this seems to be primarily because they're dropping all support for Flash all together and that was a very flash-based app and so in this video I'm going to cover the top five or six I believe other options you have for free webcam or video capture to upload to you YouTube first and foremost I do want to mention that your smartphone is a fantastic tool for vlogging and recording video if you have at all a modern smartphone past like 2009 you have a pretty decent camera and if you have a modern one they actually have really really good cameras now this one is a blue Super C smartphone but my Galaxy Note 5 actually has a 4K capable rear camera which I use for Vlogs and certain things and it has 4K video production which is very high quality and then it has a 1080p front camera for selfie mode recording and you can do pretty decent Vlogs With Your front-facing webcam and this is all you need and then you can just use your built-in camera app that comes on your phone to record your video and then just go to YouTube and upload it to YouTube from your phone pretty simple on iOS I I don't have an iPhone so I can't really show this but on iOS I believe they also still have the YouTube capture app which is a separate app designed just to record videos straight from your phone's camera and upload it to YouTube in a more YouTube specific fashion which is kind of cool but iOS only as far as I know next up of course we have the software that came with or built into your computer or webcam if it's a laptop it may have come with some goofy software from the actual laptop manufacturer company for using your laptop's webcam or if you bought an external webcam such as one from Logitech you have the Tech webcam software that you can use to record videos and it does a decent job for your basic webcam video and Vlog format now I do have some issues with Logitech webcam software as a power user but for basic use it's great and it comes free with your webcam so if you're looking for another option to use no reason not to use that there's also OBS or open broadcaster software which is a live streaming and video recording tool that is primarily used for people streaming video games the twitch but I use it all the time to record my desktop I use it all the time to record my webcam that's actually any video I do with my webcam which is becoming less and less nowadays but any video I do use my webcam for I actually use OBS it's a bit complicated to learn to set up but once you learn to once you really learn to set it up it's pretty reliable for what it does and I have a huge I have like 40 or so tutorials for it up on my channel link to that playlist will be in the description below and it's completely free always updating always adding new features and you can also learn to like stream with it too there's also virtual dub which is a much more advanced software for your basic user but it's capable of recording video footage from connected devices such as capture cards or webcam so if you look up the proper tutorials to set it up properly you can record very very high quality webcam videos with it two more left there is of course the builtin camera app to Windows 8.1 or Windows 8 and Windows 10 these are the actual apps that come with the new versions of Windows and they're actually pretty decent and extremely easy to use it detects your webcam you start recording you stop recording you can set up a photo timer to take pictures and it gives you a video file which you can then upload to Youtube very very straightforward very very simple and works on any computer that has Windows 8 Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 I did a formal reev well not a formal review but I did a kind of basic review and clickthrough of my impressions of the Windows 10 camera app during my big Windows 10 tutorial series and at which you can click in the description below to find out about but it's a pretty decent app for your average user so that's it don't fret that YouTube's taken away their built-in webcam recording option you do have quite a few options to choose from for yourself your smartphone the software that came with your webcam OBS virtual dub the Windows 8 or Windows 10 web or camera application Etc there's lots of free options links to all of these will be in the description below if I have any tutorials on the software for example my giant OBS tutorial playlist playlist links will be in the description below if you want to see any tutorials for specific software such as Logitech webcam software virtual dub Etc leave that comment down below smash the like button if you enjoy it don't forget to subscribe and otherwise guys I will catch you in the next video also if you're curious the shirt came from Barnacles he has a new shirt shop and has the shirt and I couldn't resist\n"