WebCam To Video

Most modern laptops, if not all, are fitted with cameras by default, and although they don’t record at such high quality settings, chances are you don’t even need it to. However, to be able to capture and save what’s happening in front of the camera, you need some specialized applications, just like WebCam To Video.

Choose source, and configure compression

It takes little time and effort to get the application functional on your computer. Once you do so, and launch it, the main window shows up, with settings already configured so you can start to capture video streams. In case you’re using other input devices, there’s a drop-down menu for quick selection, as well as a dedicated option to change the source, and its properties.
Hitting the connect button start to provide feedback for the detected device. Recording doesn’t start right away, and you have the chance to go back and configure general webcam settings, or manage compression details, such as quality, key frames, and more.

Good, but far from being a pro

Before initiating the session, it’s best to configure the save path, and this is done by writing down, or pasting the destination path, as well as the file name. An additional option is to save all configurations as a palette, but since these aren’t too abundant, the option itself is rather questionable.
Needless to say that hitting the trigger button initiates the recording sequence, with a few prompts that show up to let you know how it can be stopped. The main window’s state doesn’t change, and it can be a bit difficult to know whether or not the recording process is active, because there’s no other prompt to specify this info.

A few last words

Taking everything into consideration, we can say that WebCam To Video is a straightforward application with which to capture all webcam streams to video. You can configure it for any connected webcam, and even save different configurations to file. It feels a little rough around the edges overall, but for quickly capturing and saving clips to file, it gets the job done.