The Studio window is where you can setup multiple video settings to switch around. The preview window displays what’s being streamed out of CamTwist. You should see the your iPhone’s screen now on CamTwist. To see the video stream in action, head to the View menu and open up the Studio and Preview window. Next, it is time to save the setup so this setup will remain whenever you reopen CamTwist. Trust your connection so it will show up as a video source on CamTwist Yes. If you don’t see it even if the cable is already connected, it could be because you have not yet trusted the connection to the Mac on your iPhone. You should see your iPhone’s name in the Camera dropdown list. If this is the first time you are using CamTwist, you will need to allow the necessary permissions. On the CamTwist main window, select Webcam and click the Select button. Step 2: Setting up the iPhone as a Webcam video source
Therefore, I just kept it at 720p resolution since it’s mainly for video conferencing use only. However, I found it to be quite intensive on the CPU on my MacBook Pro 13”.
You can also use a custom size of 1920×1080 if you want a full HD resolution. You can change that by going to the Preferences ( ⌘ +, ) and change Frame rate to 30 FPS and the Video Size to 1280×720. It’s a little daunting if you are not immediately familiar with what the application is made to do.īy default, CamTwist sets itself up with a low frame rate and video resolution output. Once installed, you will see the CamTwist main window as shown in the screenshot above.
But fret not, the link is valid and the application will install well. As you will notice, the website has not been maintained and updated to support https and there are some PHP errors too.
My iPhone mount setup Step 1: Install CamTwist Studio and update the preference to support 720p 30 FPS video outputĭownload CamTwist Studio from this link here. Source: AmazonĪs mentioned earlier too, this will be a tethered setup where you will need to connect your iPhone with the lightning cable to your Mac. Phone holder with flexible arm and table clamp.
The photo below is one I found on Amazon that is similar to what I am using. To do so effectively, I recommend using a phone holder with a flexible arm. The code is valid till the ! A step-by-step instructionsĪs I’ve mentioned, this setup is one where you will be using your iPhone as a webcam. Use promo code “KEN15” for a 15% discount off CrossOver. An example is to a live stream of your desktop with a PIP view of yourself, transitioning different streams and more. I will not be going deep into any of the other capabilities of CamTwist Studio, though there are some pretty interesting things you can do with it. On this post, I will just focus on how I got the iPhone to work as a webcam using CamTwist. But it still does not yet have a plugin to output its stream as a virtual webcam on MacOS. If you are looking for a proper video recording and streaming software, there is the Open Broadcaster Software (OBS). And if all you want is to use your iPhone as a webcam, CamTwist works perfectly fine. Thankfully the developer has the foresight to release CamTwist as a full fledge 64-bit application. The only downside is that CamTwist’s development is abandoned few a while now and its honestly surprising that it still works well on MacOS Catalina. The secret sauce that CamTwist has to make all this work is that it is one of the very few video streaming applications that has a virtual webcam capability on MacOS. What is CamTwist Studio and why?ĬamTwist Studio is a video switcher app to manage video feeds on for live streaming and broadcasts.
And once you’ve set it all up, you will be able to use your iPhone as a webcam for free as shown in the photo below. The cool thing is, I discovered that the CamTwist Studio can leverage that capability and use it as a video source on CamTwist. Most of you would already know that MacOS has a built-in capability to record the screen of your iPhone. Best of all, it is also one that is free of charge! All you need is a software called CamTwist, your iPhone and a lightning cable which you would already have. But I’ve finally found one that works better. Online searches continues to only recommend the EpocCam (or similar) solution. However, I would face frustrating connectivity issues with EpocCam at least once a day which is really frustrating. I’ve been using EpocCam to turn my iPhone as a webcam which works well majority of the time.