To create a video to upload to Youtube in which to express your opinion, to monitor what is happening in the computer room, to create video messages to send to someone or simply for rehearsal speeches or an improvised singing, you can use your PC with a good webcam and microphone, with a suitable program to record the video. In this article we are therefore going to discover the best programs to record videos from the webcam from the Windows 10 or Windows 7 PC, each with its particular function, favoring those that are completely free, completely or at least partially and with the possibility of buying the premium version.
1) The Camera app of Windows 10, already included in the system and described in another article, allows you to take photos and record videos from the PC webcam in an immediate and simple way.
It is an extremely essential basic tool, with only two buttons on the interface, for recording and taking photos.
2) Logitech Webcam software is the program provided by the number one webcam manufacturer in the world.
Those who have an independent webcam that is not integrated into the laptop, most likely have a Logitech brand one and will therefore be able to use the manufacturer's free recording software.
With this software, you can capture images and record videos from the webcam in an easy way, with some additional options, such as the possibility to adjust the sensitivity of the camera or enable motion detection to activate the surveillance mode.
3) Yawcam is a free program to capture images and videos with the PC webcam in a simple way, but with different ways of use.
With Yawcam you can capture regular and scheduled video recordings, and even stream live online video.
Yawcam is also one of the best webcam video surveillance programs.
4) Splitcam is an old and popular program that offers the possibility to record videos and also to stream.
SplitCam offers a huge offer of various effects and filters to have fun with the webcam and create funny videos and also gives the possibility to show oneself in videos in two different videochat together with the same webcam.
5) Debut Video Capture is primarily a screen recording program, which can also be used to record from the webcam.
This program allows you to capture videos (both from the screen and from the webcam and from any other external source) in various formats, including AVI, WMV, FLV, MPG, MP4 etc.
Debut Video Capture is an excellent program to record game videos or tutorials for YouTube.
Debut recognizes the presence of the webcam and, with the simple "record" button, it allows you to record everything that is filmed.
In addition to movies, it is possible to capture and manage screenshots that photograph the state of the screen at a certain moment and record videos from other peripherals or other PC programs.
Other features include the ability to record audio only and to burn the video onto a CD or DVD.
6) Webcam.io is a web application for recording videos, very easy to use and free, that works immediately and without downloading software.
7) Free2X Webcam Recorder is a small and simple completely free program that records videos from any webcam, digital cameras and saves videos in AVI, MP4, WMV file format.
It also supports audio recording from a microphone, taking screen shots, scheduled recordings and keyboard controls.
8) Winavi video capture allows you to record video images that have not only the webcam as source but also any other video device attached to the computer such as a TV card.
WinAvi video Campture is free and the operation is very similar to that of other programs that record everything that appears on the PC desktop.
9) XSplit, the best program to record gameplay and games, to upload them to Youtube or Twitch in a simple way, which also supports webcam recording to comment on the games being played.
10) ManyCam is one of the best programs to record from the webcam, among the most popular, even if not really free (but you can download it for free).
The best thing about ManyCam is the fact that it can be integrated into any chat program, into any game and even with Youtube.
With this program you don't even need a real camera to record videos, because you can use the Android smartphone and the Manycam app to connect it to the program on the PC and use the phone's camera as if it were a webcam.
In this regard, I remember that there are also free apps to use the camera of the Android phone as a webcam for the PC.
11) CyberLink YouCam 7 is the best recording software from a computer ever, even if available only in a trial version.
Clearly, if you are satisfied with amateur movies, the Windows camera or another of the programs described above may be fine, but if you want to create professional videos using the PC webcam, then Youcam is definitely the choice to make.
recording is obviously the main purpose of this program, which also offers a great variety of fun effects, frames, screens, filters and emoticons.
There is also a full video editor and surveillance mode to keep an eye on home IP cameras.
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