# iOS: Capture video from view rather than camera

**URL:** https://community.wowza.com/t/ios-capture-video-from-view-rather-than-camera/47513
**Category:** Wowza GoCoder SDK
**Created:** [September 24, 2016, 11:39am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/ios-capture-video-from-view-rather-than-camera/47513 "2016-09-24T11:39:28Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author: ![Andrew\_Van\_Tassell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ab992/32.png) [@Andrew\_Van\_Tassell](https://community.wowza.com/u/Andrew_Van_Tassell)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2016, 11:39am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/ios-capture-video-from-view-rather-than-camera/47513/1 "2016-09-24T11:39:28Z")

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Is there a way to stream video from a UIView inside the app rather than the camera?

I am trying to do a livestream of what is displayed on the screen of my app, i.e. a screencast. Does the SDK allow me to capture video from the screen rather than the camera?

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### Author: ![Vijay\_Parvatikar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/vijay_parvatikar/32/393_2.png) [@Vijay\_Parvatikar](https://community.wowza.com/u/Vijay_Parvatikar)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2016, 3:03pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/ios-capture-video-from-view-rather-than-camera/47513/2 "2016-10-18T15:03:11Z")

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Yes the GoCoder SDK allows you to capture video from custom sources or from the screen rather than the Camera. Please take a look at our iOS sample app named ‘WowzaGoCoder.SceneKitReel’ to how to broadcast a view buffer.

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### Author: ![Alex\_C](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Alex\_C](https://community.wowza.com/u/Alex_C)
#### Post date: [December 30, 2016, 7:59pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/ios-capture-video-from-view-rather-than-camera/47513/3 "2016-12-30T19:59:48Z")

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Hello p3b1m4,

If you can get the video from the GoPro on the iOS device screen, then theoretically you can broadcast a view buffer as mentioned by @vijay_p

Regards,

Alex

> Does this mean the source of a stream can be a GoPro camera for instance?

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### Author: ![Pascal\_Baljet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@Pascal\_Baljet](https://community.wowza.com/u/Pascal_Baljet)
#### Post date: [November 29, 2016, 2:20pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/ios-capture-video-from-view-rather-than-camera/47513/4 "2016-11-29T14:20:21Z")

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Does this mean the source of a stream can be a GoPro camera for instance?

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### Author: ![Fernando\_Cortes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@Fernando\_Cortes](https://community.wowza.com/u/Fernando_Cortes)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2019, 10:26pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/ios-capture-video-from-view-rather-than-camera/47513/5 "2019-10-18T22:26:25Z")

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Is there a similar approach for Android SDK?

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### Author: ![Fabio\_De\_Lorenzo1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/fabio_de_lorenzo1/32/419_2.png) [@Fabio\_De\_Lorenzo1](https://community.wowza.com/u/Fabio_De_Lorenzo1)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2020, 6:23pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/ios-capture-video-from-view-rather-than-camera/47513/6 "2020-02-14T18:23:12Z")

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yes, you can capture the stream, encode yourself and push it to the WOWZ MP4 broadcaster

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### Author: ![Fabio\_De\_Lorenzo1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/fabio_de_lorenzo1/32/419_2.png) [@Fabio\_De\_Lorenzo1](https://community.wowza.com/u/Fabio_De_Lorenzo1)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2020, 6:23pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/ios-capture-video-from-view-rather-than-camera/47513/7 "2020-02-14T18:23:12Z")

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yes, you can capture the stream, encode yourself and push it to the WOWZ MP4 broadcaster