LensLink Camera vs OBS Phone Cam

LensLink Camera turns your iPhone or iPad into a camera for OBS Studio. Mount the phone, open the app, and it appears in OBS as a video source over Wi-Fi or a USB cable — with the picture quality the phone's camera is actually capable of. Picture first Up to 4K at 60 fps, HEVC or H.264, with 120 and 240 fps available where the camera has them 10-bit HDR (HLG) and Apple Log on supported devices Balanced or Maximum quality: Maximum finds the most your connection can carry Every lens, with the Camera app's lens buttons Controls that stay out of the way Tap to focus, hold to lock focus and exposure, drag for brightness, pinch to zoom One tray for exposure, shutter, white balance and focus, with faces-first autofocus The same controls in a browser panel on your computer, and in OBS itself Remember camera settings: a shot dialed in once stays dialed-in Built for production Remote start: OBS starts the camera while the app sits idle Tally light: a colored border says when you're on air Pause with a held picture instead of a frozen frame Keeps streaming beside other apps on iPads that support it Automatic lip-sync: the plugin measures latency and aligns your real microphone Virtual green screen, right on the phone Mirror your whole screen with app audio Siri and Shortcuts Private by design Nothing is recorded on the phone, and nothing leaves your local network. No account, no sign-in, no analytics. Requires OBS Studio and the free, open-source LensLink plugin for Mac, Windows or Linux: https://lenslink.cam

Your phone already has a far better camera than most webcams. OBS Phone Cam puts it to work in OBS Studio over your own Wi-Fi, with nothing extra to install on your computer. GET GOING IN A MINUTE 1. Put your phone and your computer on the same Wi-Fi. 2. Open OBS Phone Cam, pick a quality, and tap Start. 3. In OBS, add a Browser source and paste the address the app shows you. That is the whole setup. No cable, no dongle, no capture card, no drivers, and no plugin to add to OBS. A PICTURE WORTH SHOWING • Go all the way up to 4K, or choose 1080p at 60 frames a second when you want smooth motion • Your phone's own video chip does the hard work, so the picture stays clean and the phone stays cool • Almost no delay, because the video travels straight to your computer and never goes out to the internet FRAME IT THE WAY YOU LIKE • Pinch and drag on your phone to set up the shot, and your audience sees exactly what you framed • Zoom in close without the picture falling apart • Switch between your phone's lenses while you are live, wide angle included, and nobody watching drops out • Pick a shape that fits your scene: widescreen, square, or upright for vertical video • Flick the flashlight on for a bit more light, and mute the microphone whenever you like BUILT TO STAY UP • Holds the screen awake for as long as you are live, so nothing goes dark mid-stream • Finds its way back on its own if your Wi-Fi hiccups • Keep the app open on screen while you stream. iPhone stops the camera when an app is sent to the background, so switching away pauses your shot. YOUR VIDEO STAYS YOURS No accounts, no ads, and no tracking of any kind. Nothing is recorded and nothing is uploaded. Your picture and sound go straight to your own computer across your own network. On a shared network you can lock the stream with an access code. WORTH KNOWING You need a Wi-Fi network that lets your devices see each other. Guest Wi-Fi in hotels and cafes usually blocks this, so the app cannot work there. OBS and OBS Studio are trademarks of their respective owners. OBS Phone Cam is an independent app, and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the OBS Project.