# Camera Recorder Guide

Record a short video from the webcam in the browser.

- Tool: https://ilham.dev/tools/camera-recorder/
- Guide URL: https://ilham.dev/guides/camera-recorder/
- Tool guides index: https://ilham.dev/guides/tools/
- Broader guide: Browser Debugging Utilities (https://ilham.dev/guides/browser-debugging/)

## What it does

Record a short video from your webcam and download it. Nothing is uploaded — the recording is captured with MediaRecorder and held in memory until you save it.

## Use the tool

Open https://ilham.dev/tools/camera-recorder/, add the input the tool asks for, run it, and check the output before using it elsewhere.

## Input and output

- Input: text.
- Output: text.
- Category: Web.

## Privacy and processing
Processing happens locally in your browser. This tool does not upload the input to ilham.dev.

## Questions

### Why can it not reach my camera?

Camera access needs HTTPS and an explicit permission grant. If the button is disabled, the browser is missing MediaRecorder or reports no camera.

### Where does the recording go?

Into memory in this tab, and then into your downloads folder when you save it. No part of it is sent anywhere.