Test your camera
Test Your Video Before Going Live
Test your camera and video quality before streaming or recording. Check resolution, frame rate, and video settings to ensure professional-quality streams.
Preview your camera before the stream
Check browser access, resolution, frame rate, lighting, and framing before you join a live studio, record a segment, or schedule a broadcast.
The preview stays in your browser. Nothing is uploaded.
Pick the exact camera, resolution, and frame rate you want to test.
Use the live preview to catch bad lighting, glare, or a messy background.
Preview and tune your video
Camera Off
Start the preview to test your camera before going live.
Small fixes that make camera feeds look better
Use these quick checks before interviews, webinars, browser studio sessions, and always-on channel recordings.
Light the face
Face a window or soft light, and avoid strong light behind you.
Frame at eye level
Keep the lens steady, clean, and slightly above eye level.
Match the machine
Drop resolution or frame rate if the preview lags on older hardware.
Camera access blocked?
Camera access requires HTTPS or localhost. If the prompt does not appear, reset the browser permission and refresh.
Chrome permission reset
- Look for the camera icon in the address bar.
- Choose "Always allow on this site".
- If no icon appears, open the lock menu and allow Camera.
- Refresh the page and test again.
Still not working?
Close other apps that might be using the camera, then try a lower resolution or reconnect the device.
From quick prep to full streaming workflows
These free utilities cover the small jobs around content creation. For continuous channels and team production, Upstream also supports 24/7 live streaming, pre-recorded live streams, multistreaming, and Live Studio broadcasts.
For this tool, the closest next step is Live Studio, so that workflow appears first below.
Produce browser-based live shows with guests.
Invite speakers, share screens, manage scenes, and add branded overlays for podcasts, webinars, interviews, and launches.
Explore Live Studio
Keep a cloud channel live around the clock.
Upload once, build a playlist, and let Upstream run continuous live playout without OBS, a VPS, or an always-on computer.
Explore 24/7 streaming
Schedule finished videos as live events.
Turn recordings into scheduled live streams, premieres, loops, and recurring broadcasts from the same cloud workflow.
Explore pre-recorded streaming
Send one feed to every platform that matters.
Go live to YouTube, Twitch, Kick, Facebook, Rumble, and custom RTMP without making your upload connection carry every copy.
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