Webcam

[CyberFerno]

is the nikon d5500 ok to use as a webcam

i know it's a camera but youtubers like pewdiepie use cameras like webcams

[dany_boy]

Capture cards, have you heard of them?

[Guest]

23 hours ago, dany_boy said:

Capture cards, have you heard of them?

Aren't capture cards used for recording what is on screen?

[Guest]

On 2017-05-24 at 0:13 AM, CyberFerno said:

is the nikon d5500 ok to use as a webcam

i know it's a camera but youtubers like pewdiepie use cameras like webcams

If you are able to hook it up sure go ahead.

[dany_boy]

59 minutes ago, HydraGaming said:

Aren't capture cards used for recording what is on screen?

No...  A capture card takes a video signal (say like the HDMI output of a DSLR) and allows your PC to save said video feed. You might be confusing capture card with capture software (like OBS)

[Guest]

12 hours ago, dany_boy said:

No...  A capture card takes a video signal (say like the HDMI output of a DSLR) and allows your PC to save said video feed. You might be confusing capture card with capture software (like OBS)

No, i'm not confusing the two. It's just that when people have talked about capture cards in the past they wanted to record their games. I never considered any other use scenario.

[CyberFerno]

15 hours ago, dany_boy said:

No...  A capture card takes a video signal (say like the HDMI output of a DSLR) and allows your PC to save said video feed. You might be confusing capture card with capture software (like OBS)

so are capture cards what make a camera able to be used as a webcam so when I go into OBS, it's going to appear as a webcam.

[dany_boy]

5 minutes ago, CyberFerno said:

so are capture cards what make a camera able to be used as a webcam so when I go into OBS, it's going to appear as a webcam.

Pretty much, yes.

[CyberFerno]

10 minutes ago, dany_boy said:

Pretty much, yes.

aight thx