Connect your mobile device to the Riverside Studio to use its high-quality back camera to record your video.
Make sure you put your mobile device on Do not disturb to prevent calls and notifications from interrupting your recording before recording.
Please note:
This feature is in beta and is being released gradually to Riverside users.
Who: Host, Guests, Producers, and recorded Audience Members
Plan: All Plans
Device: Computer Browser and Mobile App
Watch a video
Step by step
- Install the Riverside mobile app on your mobile device.
- Using a computer, join a Riverside Studio.
- On the right side of the Lobby page, click the
Cameras dropdown menu.
- At the bottom of the list, click
Connect mobile cam.
- Open your phone's Camera app and scan the QR code on the computer screen.
- Tap the ⇱ Riverside.fm link in the Camera app.
If you have the Riverside app installed, the app opens and shows Connecting your cam, then Camera is connected.
- Place the phone on a mount, stand, or tripod horizontally and with its back camera pointed at you.
- On your computer, look for the video preview on the Lobby page.
Be sureiPhone (HD mobile cam) or
- On the left side of the page, enter your name.
- Click to indicate whether you are using headphones.
- Click Join Studio.
Your Riverside video frame darkens on your computer screen and your device uses its back camera to record in landscape (wide horizontal) orientation.
To connect your phone after you join the Studio, click Cam at the bottom of the screen. Then select
Connect mobile cam and scan the QR code.
If you get disconnected, exit the app and scan the QR code again with your phone's camera app.
NOTE: Using the device's microphone
When using a phone as a webcam, we do not yet support connecting an external microphone. You can use a microphone connected to your computer, or click theMics menu and choose your mobile device's