How to record video from webcam and desktop at the same time

User question

Good day.

Tell me how you can simultaneously record from the desktop (say, shoot a job in some program), as well as shoot video from a webcam in a small window (for example, show yourself explaining something).

I found a program for removing video from the desktop, but I don’t know how to combine it with video from a webcam ...

Hello.

Such a task is quite easy to solve (I really am not a great expert on video, but I will suggest a couple of ways).

You can, for example, take a video player, open a video from a webcam in it, and then with a program for capturing video from a desktop, record everything at the same time. I will describe the essence in more detail below ...

Record video from desktop and webcam

Method 1

👉 1) Checking the operation of the webcam

The first thing I recommend is to check if the webcam is working, if the drivers are installed, etc. For how to do this, see my previous article, the link below.

👉 To help!

How to check and turn on the webcam - see step by step instructions

👉 2) Installing Media Player Classic

I chose this player because it is very popular (many already have it), does not need a long and tedious configuration, and it has rather low system requirements.

I think there shouldn't be any problems with the installation.

The only thing I would recommend is to download the player itself from the official site (in order to eliminate various problems with adware and viruses, which are often found in programs from unknown sources).

👉 Help!

You can find out where it is better to download Media Player Classic and its features here.

By the way, if you have Windows 10, then there is a special tool in its arsenal. "Camera" (can be found in the START menu). If you do not want to use the player (and in this regard it is more convenient to use it, + more features), then you can completely do with this tool ...

Camera in Windows 10

👉 3) Setting up Media Player Classic

After installing the player, open its settings (View / settings) , tab "Capture" .

In it you need to indicate your country, video and audio sources. If this is not done (or done incorrectly), the image from the webcam will not be displayed in the player!

Media Player Classic - how to set up your webcam

👉 4) Open the device (webcam) in Media Player Classic

If you entered all the presets correctly, then click the menu File / open device ... The video from the webcam should appear on the screen (if this has not happened, see the three previous points!).

Open device

Webcam image sent

👉 5) Turn on the minimalism mode

Many people do not need the bottom / top strips of the player when recording video (its menu, status bar, etc.).

To remove them, Media Player Classic has special presets: minimal, compact, normal. Just choose the minimum preset (View / Presets / Minimum) , you can also just press the number "1" on the keyboard.

In addition, the same actions can be performed if you uncheck all displayed items in the View menu.

Minimum presets

👉 6) Move the player window to the desired location (with the broadcast of the image from the webcam)

Next, you will see that there is a simple window with the video broadcast from the webcam (no menus indicating that this player will no longer be!).

It remains only to adjust the window proportions with the mouse (so that there are no black stripes around the edges) and move the broadcast video to the desired part of the desktop.

You can capture an image from the screen // black bars can be removed by changing the proportions of the window (stretch / narrow the window with the mouse)

👉 7) Turn on the recording of the desired area (or the whole desktop)

Next, you just need to take your video capture program, select the desired area and start recording.Thus, you can simultaneously record a video in which you will be filming your desktop with the window where the webcam is broadcasting. Those. mission accomplished?!

Just in case, I recommend the following programs for recording video from your desktop: FastStone Capture, UVScreenCamera, CamStudio, Bandicam, Free Screen Video Recorder... I give a link to them below.

👉 Supplement!

10 best software to record video from your computer screen - see my golden selection

Method 2

Recently, the 👉 OBS Studio program has gained quite good popularity. It is, of course, somewhat difficult to set up, but it has one essential advantage: allows you to add multiple video sources at the same time!

For example, you can record video directly from your webcam, desktop, and from any game (👇)! I leave a link to its settings below.

👉 To help!

How to set up OBS to record videos from your desktop, webcam, and games