Question / Help Which source to use to display webcam?

[Sharyn]

Hi all
I am a newbie. I've just installed OBS on my Surface Pro 4 i7 (128GB HDD, 16GB RAM).

I've read the guide discussing which source to use for my purpose and cannot figure it out.

I want to create an instructional video (not streamed). In it, I appear in my webcam, talking. After a minute, the webcam window reduces to a corner of the screen and the viewer sees me drawing a diagram on my surface (whilst still seeing me in the webcam box).

Following the instructions, I created a scene called TEST (just so i could muck around and see how it works)
Then I created a Source called Display Capture (which showed my screen - all good).
Then I created a Source called Video Display Device but could not figure out how to make my webcam appear here or anywhere on my screen.

If you could help me with which ever setting i should use, I would appreciate it. Thanks.

 

[Adrian Schofield]

Does your camera appear in the drop down list of devices when you add a Video Capture device?

 

[Sharyn]

Adrian, I will try setting it up again but I do not know how to check for it to appear....

 

[Adrian Schofield]

When you add a Video Capture Device you are given a screen, the first row is a drop down showing all available devices

 

[Sharyn]

Adrian, i clicked on the video capture device and this time the webcam appeared.
yay.
so, i pressed start record and recorded what i hoped was a test but now cannot figure out how to see what i recorded. I checked the file path and there is no video there. maybe i have to wait for it to process and appear in the correct folder.
I will go back to the instruction guide to see what i have to do next.
Thanks for answering my initial question.