Open Video Capture is a video recording application designed to work with webcams. The utility is compatible with about any webcam that a user might have installed on the computer and it can easily replace native software in order for users to benefit from quality recordings while they work with the app.

Open Video Capture will automatically scan and detect any webcam connected to the computer. If there is more than one, users can work with all of the cameras and he can use them in order to create a homemade surveillance system. The tool will start all of the cameras at once so that users can know that the system is synchronized, even without the use of a time stamp.

Open Video Capture allows users to choose their video and audio settings. This way, they can record better videos but this will take up more computer resources. It is ideal to test the utility in order to see its limits in relation to the computer hardware before actually using the app. Besides these settings, users can also choose to lock the video at a certain frame rate. There is also the possibility to add a maximum time limit for the recordings.