Use Your Phone as a Camera for a Video Call
Use your phone as the camera for a video call from your PC, with the picture from the phone and the call on the PC.
The short answer
Connect the phone as a camera in Streamdzy, then use the Streamdzy output as a camera in your call software. The phone’s picture is what the call sees.
How to do it in Streamdzy
- On the PC press Connect. A code and a QR code appear.
- Scan the code with the phone’s camera. The phone’s browser opens Streamdzy’s camera page.
- Press Start on the phone. It becomes a camera you can cut to, place and style in the scene.
- For the sharpest copy, let the phone keep its own full-quality recording; it is sent to the PC when you stop.
What to know first
A phone is a camera, not a second computer: its battery, heat and camera settings set the picture. Wi-Fi works well; a USB cable gives the steadiest picture. Use the webcam test to check the light.
Questions
Can the call software see the phone?
Only through a virtual camera. Streamdzy’s virtual camera is in beta, so test it before an important call.
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.