Gear
Do You Need a Capture Card?
A capture card brings a console or another computer into your stream. You do not need one for a webcam or a phone.
The short answer
You need a capture card to bring a console or a second computer’s picture into your PC. A webcam, a phone and your own game do not need one.
How to do it in Streamdzy
- Start with the camera and microphone you already own, and test them in Streamdzy with a short recording.
- Add one piece of gear at a time, and check the change in the picture or the sound before buying the next.
- Use the webcam test and the microphone test to measure what you have, before you spend money.
- Use the Health check to see whether your PC can handle the extra camera.
What to know first
Gear advice is general. Prices and models change. Streamdzy works with any camera or microphone your PC or phone can use.
Questions
Does a capture card need a special PC?
It needs a free port and a PC that can handle the picture. The Health check shows what yours keeps.
Want all of this in one app?
Streamdzy is a free streaming and recording app for Windows: several cameras, your phone as a camera, going live to many places at once, and recording first so a bad connection never costs you the show.