Any Webcam Video Downloader

Not a tool for your own camera: this AnyWebcam downloader records the live public shows streaming on anywebcam.com.

Browser extension
Current-page workflow
Browser downloads
40,000+ SERP Apps users
Any Webcam Video Downloader is an independent product not affiliated with or endorsed by Any Webcam or any subsidiaries or affiliates. All trademarks are property of their respective owners and use of them does not imply affiliation or endorsement.
Try it free — 3 recordings, no credit card
Your recordings never touch our servers
No ads, no tracking, no analytics
$17 per month, cancel anytime
Works on Windows, Mac, and Linux
Email support, answered by the people who built it

About Any Webcam Video Downloader

Search for an AnyWebcam recorder and most results are apps that record your own webcam, for video calls or vlogs. That is a different job. AnyWebcam is a live cam site at anywebcam.com with public rooms and random chat, and this extension is built to record the performers broadcasting there. It saves the public show you are watching to your computer as an MP4, and it never turns on or uses your own camera.

Go to anywebcam.com and open a public room where the performer is live. The extension adds a Download button to that room's player; click it, choose a quality, and the recording is running. The toolbar popup gives you more control: it names the room, lists the qualities the stream carries, and holds Start, Stop and a timer. Alternatively, right-click the page and select Download Any Webcam Stream. The capture lasts until you end it, with the popup's Stop or the X on the page's progress panel, or until the performer ends the broadcast.

The saved MP4 uses H.264 video and AAC audio and goes into an ANYWEBCAM folder in Downloads, named after the room. Note that this is the anywebcam.com site; anywebcam.org is a separate site with its own recorder. Because it saves the room's stream, your webcam light stays off, your microphone is not used and nothing about you appears in the file. All processing is local, recordings are never uploaded to SERP servers, and the extension contains no ads or tracking.

Install it on Chrome, Edge, Brave, Opera, Whale or Yandex under Windows, macOS or Linux. Your first 3 recordings are free with an email sign-in and no card; continuing costs $17 per month, cancel anytime. Recording needs the AnyWebcam tab kept open until Stop. It works on live public rooms only, not private shows.

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How It Works

Download in 3 clear steps

Open the page, let the extension detect what is available, and save the file to your computer.

01

Go to the .com AnyWebcam site

Open a public room where a performer is streaming right now.

02

Record the room, not you

Click the player's Download button and select a quality, or use Start in the popup. Your camera stays off.

03

Watch it back from ANYWEBCAM

Click Stop in the popup or the X on the progress panel, and the MP4 is waiting in the ANYWEBCAM folder in Downloads.

Features

Everything it does

Core capabilities included in Any Webcam Video Downloader.

Records performers on anywebcam.com, never your own camera or microphone

A Download button on the performer's video, never on your own camera preview

Popup that names the AnyWebcam room and offers qualities, Start, Stop and a timer

Right-click a room page and pick Download Any Webcam Stream

Your webcam light stays off because only the room's stream is saved

MP4 files encoded with H.264 video and AAC audio

Stored in an ANYWEBCAM folder in Downloads under the room's name

Ends the recording on its own when the AnyWebcam performer goes offline

Fully local, with desktop notifications and no ads or tracking

Compare

AnyWebcam Downloader vs webcam recorder apps for your own camera

Apps like the Windows Camera app or Photo Booth on Mac record your own webcam. They show up in the same searches, but they do something else.

AnyWebcam Downloader

Records performers streaming on anywebcam.com

Own-camera recorder apps

Records video from your own webcam

AnyWebcam Downloader

Never turns on your camera or microphone

Own-camera recorder apps

Needs access to your camera and microphone

AnyWebcam Downloader

Saves the room's audio and video as an MP4

Own-camera recorder apps

Saves your own picture and voice

AnyWebcam Downloader

Runs in your browser on Windows, macOS or Linux

Own-camera recorder apps

Often tied to a single operating system

AnyWebcam Downloader

Starts from the AnyWebcam room player

Own-camera recorder apps

Starts from a separate camera window

Compatibility

Works where you work

Available on major desktop browsers and operating systems used in day-to-day workflows.

Browsers

ChromeEdgeBraveOperaWhaleYandex

Operating Systems

WindowsmacOSLinux

Supported Content

Public broadcasts on anywebcam.comAnyWebcam rooms recorded from Start until StopAny quality level an AnyWebcam stream lists

Not Supported

Your own webcam or microphoneThe separate anywebcam.org siteAnyWebcam private and one-on-one chatsAnyWebcam viewed on phones, or via Firefox or Safari
Downloads

Choose your browser

Pick the browser build you need. When a direct GitHub release is available, you can grab the ZIP there.

Chrome

Open the main product page to get the Chrome build while direct release links are being added.

Firefox

Firefox support is in progress and will be enabled soon.

Coming soon

Edge

Open the main product page to get the Edge build while direct release links are being added.

Opera

Open the main product page to get the Opera build while direct release links are being added.

Brave

Open the main product page to get the Brave build while direct release links are being added.

Whale

Open the main product page to get the Whale build while direct release links are being added.

Yandex

Open the main product page to get the Yandex build while direct release links are being added.

Install from GitHub releases or your user dashboard. ZIP builds include the full desktop extension.

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Extension permissions explained

Every requested permission and the job it performs inside the extension.

downloads

Saves AnyWebcam recordings into the ANYWEBCAM folder in Downloads.

storage

Keeps your Any Webcam sign-in, trial count and quality choice.

activeTab

Lets the popup read the AnyWebcam room in your current tab when you click the icon.

tabs

Keeps the anywebcam.com recording tied to its tab so the timer and Stop control work.

scripting

Adds the Download button and quality menu to the AnyWebcam player, and the progress panel you see while it records.

notifications

Shows a desktop notice when an AnyWebcam recording finishes or fails.

contextMenus

Adds Download Any Webcam Stream to the right-click menu.

offscreen

Provides a local background page that assembles the captured AnyWebcam stream into an MP4.

host_permissions

General HTTPS access lets the extension fetch the live video an AnyWebcam room plays from its video servers; the recording controls run on anywebcam.com, and no camera or microphone access is requested. auth.serp.co signs you in, and api.github.com provides update checks.

FAQ

Common questions

No. It records the public live room you are watching on anywebcam.com. It never accesses your camera or microphone.
Know Before You Buy

What it cannot do

Better to know the boundaries up front than find out after checkout.

It records anywebcam.com rooms, not your own camera.

anywebcam.org is a different site and is not covered.

Private, ticketed and password-protected AnyWebcam rooms are excluded.

Nothing from before you start recording ends up in the file.

The anywebcam.com room must stay open in its tab until Stop.

File quality never goes above the performer's stream.

Any Webcam Video Downloader

Save AnyWebcam shows without any camera permissions

Nothing of you, your face or your voice, ends up in the file

No confusion with apps meant for recording yourself

Shows you keep stay private on your own computer

Any Webcam Video Downloader is an independent product not affiliated with or endorsed by Any Webcam or any subsidiaries or affiliates. All trademarks are property of their respective owners and use of them does not imply affiliation or endorsement.