How To Use A Phone As A Webcam In OBS For FREE

Today you’ll learn not just how to use your phone as a webcam for free inside OBS and Streamlabs, without any downloads or installations but I’ll show you 3 different tools, how they work, even from your local park nowhere near your house, and most importantly, how to add ridiculous Snapchat filters with it, because who doesn’t want to look like an old man or a toddler live on the internet.

I genuinely don't know if there is real value to using your phone over a webcam, but I get asked this so often here is the answer.

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How To Use A Phone As A Webcam In OBS & Streamlabs For FREE

The three options we’re using today are called VDO Ninja, Epoccam, and Epoccam Pro.

First, let’s cover VDO Ninja, this is an entirely web based tool, and it’s also entirely free.

To use it, you’re going to get your streaming PC, and your phone, then on your streaming PC, open a browser and go to VDO.Ninja, linked in the description.

You’re going to be met with a few options, for today, just click create a room. Type in a super secret room name, and password, then if you want a specific video codec pick that, or leave it on default.

Once that’s done, click join as Director, now you’re met with a few options, it says invite guest, capture group scene, it has guests down here, but we’re going to click Copy link on the invite guest, then message that to ourselves via email, or discord, or just something you can access from your phone.

Then open your phone, go to the message, copy the link, and paste it into your phones browser.

From there, you join room with camera, and can give it permission to use your camera, then click start, and it should appear on the website where guest 1 was.

Now to add this to your stream you’ll go to OBS, or if you’re using a different tool like streamlabs go there, and click add source, add browser source, copy the link from capture group scene into the browser source, set the resolution to 1920 by 1080, click refresh scene when active, control audio via OBS, and click save.

🕘Timestamps:
0:00 How To Use Your Phone As A Webcam For Streaming in OBS
0:40 Own3d Voucher Giveaway - Sponsor Segment
1:20 How To Use Your Phone As A Webcam For Streaming For Free, With No Installations or Downloads
2:55 How To Use Multiple Phones as Webcams for Streaming
3:03 How To Use Your Phone As A Webcam for IRL Streaming
3:20 How To Use Your Phone As A Webcam For Streaming For Free on Android OR Apple
4:00 How To increase the picture quality of your phone as a webcam
4:30 How to use EpocCam to make your phone a webcam for streaming
6:20 How To Control Your Phone Camera Settings As a Webcam for Streaming
8:59 How To Add Your Phone As A Webcam To OBS or Streamlabs
9:20 How To Use Snapchat Filters In OBS Using Your Phone As A Webcam
9:50 Why You SHOULDN'T Use Your Phone As A Webcam For Streaming

How To Change White Balance Inside Streamlabs OBS or OBS

Essentially different lights produce different color temperatures, you need to set your webcam or any camera to match that white balance so that you get accurate colors.

Normally set my key light up so that it is producing daylight or white color of around 4500 kelvin, and I will set my white balance to something similar in my camera. For now, there are charts you can use to help but essentially the mistake is that people don’t set this manually meaning the webcams and camera often try to adjust it automatically and the camera gets it VERY wrong!

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[StreamScheme]

Audio slipped a bit in the upload, so my lips are exactly 3 frames behind my audio, but didn't notice it until it released. Sorry about that! Figured out the issue, and it won't happen again. Have a lovely day! Happy streamin'!

[clajmate]

i love that you include the downside. most reviews don't add those. i sub instantly

[ShverFN]

I just started streaming a week ago and I have wanted to get a Handcam! This video came out perfect timing!

[Techtacula]

Amazing video Eljay!
This is going to help a tonne of creators new and old. And thanks for letting help with the testing too!

[Mista]

0:01 Bro I literally thought I was the only person that tested a cameras frame right by doing what I call the one armed tidal wave!
You're literally doing EXACTLY what I do when I test a cameras FPS! It honestly made me choke a bit on the Pepsi I'm drinking
because it caught me off guard and made me laugh! Small world!

[laylasaunders]

any mac users like me you can use continuity camera on your iphone there’s no delays and it doesn’t get too hot but still a little. not all iphones are supported and you can’t use two at once or leave the wifi network but for me it works perfectly and doesn’t need a download

[Joeshcast]

I love the glitch pro. I use that one currently, I previously used dark glitch. My gaming chair is black and white though so it fits my on screen look better 🙌

[fromsoph]

I want to believe that I willed this video into existence by asking about this on the discord

[Mista]

I wish there a way to use the extra Samsung S23+ that I got as a webcam without any additional software.
Mostly because I don't like adding any extra lag or any extra loss in frame rate while gaming etc. due to there
being a completely separate software such as (CAMO) requiring to be open at the same time as OBS while at
the same time whatever game I'm playing is open. It's very demanding on most PCs. I can still definitely get
away with it and that's what I've been doing thus far, but I feel like there's got to be a better way! To be fair I
haven't watched this video yet. Perhaps you give me a better option than using CAMO?

[jaquinjohnson]

where can i find a video on how to make obs stop moving slow when i started recording

[Flaimbot]

i prefer "ip webcam" and then going the way of adding it as a browser source. no frills and it just works.

[FamousJyt]

i have epoccam pro and have been a user for about a yr now using it thru wifi is honestly buns just use a decent lighting cable only plus is when you leave it on auto it will automatically switch

[rijiii_]

This was very informative and helpful. Thank you very much!

[NoahtheGameplayer]

Reason why i search this up is because i have a google pixel 6, with a Very Good Camera that has 4k60, and its far better then the Webcameras i have lol

[chasicleso]

is there a way to make it seperate or do i gotta bust out a 2nd obs

[noobex]

How did you say you made it horizontal? Because I turned my phone and it didn't do anything

[thomaskeithriehl]

Video quality is good, just having an issue switching between phone and other cam. Seems to be a 1 or 2 second delay. Is this normal? Thanks

[Richielove]

please is there a way to use this in horizontal format

[stoicmom]

Thank you! Important question, please: I use the elgato facecam through obs as my cat cam; can I use the iphone with epoccam through camera hub at the same time for another use?

[JadaAllen-dz]

Do I need to be on Wi-Fi? Or can I use my cellular data