Webcam Photo & Video calls the device camera to take photos or record clips straight from the page. Two modes are offered, Photo and Video, with resolutions of 640×480, 1280×720 and 1920×1080; when more than one camera is detected a front/rear switch button appears. A photo saves the current video frame as a PNG through canvas, and a recording is saved as WebM through MediaRecorder.

This is a standalone browser capture tool: it does not use ffmpeg.wasm and will not download a 32 MB engine just because the camera is opened. Video mode also asks for the microphone; the front camera is mirrored in the preview with CSS, while the saved file still comes from the camera's original video frame.

1. 01Open the camera— on an HTTPS page, click “Open camera” and let the browser access the device.
2. 02Choose a mode and resolution— pick Photo or Video, then 640×480, 1280×720 or 1920×1080; these are ideal requests, and the actual size is decided by the device.
3. 03Switch lens when needed— with more than one videoinput detected, click “Switch to rear” / “Switch to front”. Video mode asks for the microphone as well.
4. 04Save the result— after a photo, download the PNG files one by one; after a recording, click stop, preview the WebM and download the local file.

Secure context

— modern-browser getUserMedia support is required and HTTPS is usually mandatory; a denied permission, a device already in use or a system-level block all make opening fail.

Resolution is a target

— 640×480, 720p and 1080p are all requested with ideal constraints, so the camera and browser may hand back a different actual size.

Recording format

— chosen by browser capability: VP9+Opus WebM first, then VP8+Opus or plain WebM; MP4 cannot be selected on the page.

Recording control

— the page only starts and stops, with no pause or resume; switching mode, resolution or lens is disabled while recording.

What it does not do

— no filters, beauty effects, background replacement or automatic compression; download first, then continue in the matching image or audio/video tool.

Camera and recording microphone data are processed inside the current browser and turned into PNG/WebM Blobs; nothing is uploaded and no ffmpeg CDN is loaded. The browser asks for camera and microphone permission before the device is opened.