# Mirage Capture > Mirage Capture is one app for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch that turns the Apple devices you already own into a video crew: your iPhone is the camera, your iPad is the monitor, your Mac is the studio, and Apple Watch is the remote. It uses an iPhone as a wireless camera in OBS (as an NDI® source) and as your Mac’s webcam in Zoom, Google Meet, and FaceTime, records every angle in sync with a timeline for Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro, and DaVinci Resolve, and turns a USB-C iPad into a capture-card monitor with false color, zebras, and focus peaking. One purchase covers every device, with no account and no subscription. - Website: https://www.getmirage.dev - App Store (iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch): https://apps.apple.com/app/mirage-capture/id6768694000 - Purchase: One purchase on the App Store, $8.99 in the US (prices vary by country), for the iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch apps together. No subscription and no account. - Requirements: iPhone and iPad with iOS 17 or later; Mac with macOS 26 or later for Mirage for Mac; Apple Watch paired with an iPhone running Mirage Capture; Capture Card needs an iPad with a USB-C port and a UVC capture card that iPadOS recognizes; NDI in OBS needs OBS Studio 31.1.1 or later with the DistroAV plugin and the NDI Runtime 6.3 or later (DistroAV 6.2.2's requirements, checked November 9, 2026); devices on the same local network. - Made by: Mihir Belose (sold on the App Store by Sachin Belose). - Privacy: no account and no cloud relay. Connections between Mirage devices are encrypted and paired with a six-digit code; NDI and Browser outputs have no code, so use them on a network you trust. - Videos: https://www.youtube.com/@getmirage - Support: support@getmirage.dev, https://www.getmirage.dev/support ## Why Mirage Capture Using an iPhone or iPad for video usually takes a separate app for each job, often each with its own account or subscription: a webcam app, a way into OBS, a multicamera recorder, a capture-card monitor, and a wireless microphone kit. Mirage Capture does all of these in one app, bought once, and your devices talk to each other directly on your own network. - One purchase: The iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch apps, from one App Store purchase. No subscription. - No account, no cloud: Devices connect directly on your local network. Connections between Mirage devices are encrypted and paired with a six-digit code. - Works with what you use: OBS (NDI® through DistroAV), Zoom, Google Meet, FaceTime, Teams, Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, and RTMP streaming. ## Specifications ### Camera (iPhone and iPad) - Filming: 1080p at 30 or 60 fps and 4K at 30 fps; 4K at 60 fps where the lens has that format. Each lens offers only what it can do. - Recording on the device: QuickTime .mov in H.264, HEVC, or ProRes 422 (where the device has a ProRes encoder); Apple Log on supported iPhone Pro models, up to 4K30, in HEVC or ProRes. Sound: 48 kHz stereo, AAC (24-bit PCM with ProRes). - Outputs: Mirage Broadcast, NDI®, and Browser, each with the picture and the microphone, at the same time as a recording. - NDI®: The picture at the size and frame rate Camera films (1920 × 1080 or 3840 × 2160, at 30 or 60 fps), turned to match how the device is held, with the microphone’s sound. - Watching one broadcast: Up to four devices at once. ### Capture Card (iPad with USB-C) - Input: A UVC capture card that iPadOS recognizes. The resolution and frame rate are the card’s; a broadcast sends the card’s size or scales it down (1440p, 1080p, 720p, and smaller). - Recording: The clean feed and the card’s sound, as a .mov in Files › On My iPad › Mirage: HEVC, or H.264 where the iPad can’t encode HEVC at the card’s size. - NDI®: The card’s picture at its own size and frame rate, with its sound. - Monitoring: False color, zebras, focus peaking, waveform, histogram, frame guides, and your own LUTs, on the iPad’s screen only. ### Screen Share and Microphone - Screen Share: 60 or 30 fps, with the shared app’s sound in every output; two devices can watch at once. - Microphone: Sound with a small picture of the device’s name and level, to Mirage for Mac, NDI®, or a browser; records .m4a on the device, with the screen locked. ### Mirage for Mac - The studio’s picture: 1920 × 1080 at 30 or 60 fps. - Mirage Camera: 1920 × 1080 or 1280 × 720 at 30 or 60 fps (the app using it picks), video only. - Recording: A file per camera, screen, and microphone, in HEVC or H.264, plus the arranged picture and a 1080 × 1920 vertical file if you want them; FCPXML and OpenTimelineIO timelines, Captions.srt, and YouTube chapters. - Streaming: RTMP or RTMPS with your own stream key: 1080p at 60 fps (9 Mbps), 1080p at 30 fps (6 Mbps), or 720p at 30 fps (4 Mbps). - Instant replay: The last 10, 20, or 30 seconds. ### Director and Apple Watch - Director: Watches up to four broadcasts at once, any one full screen, and runs one Mac’s studio. - Apple Watch: A remote for Mirage Capture on the paired iPhone, which stays open. ## Features - [Mirage for Mac](https://www.getmirage.dev/features/mac): Every camera you own, in one studio on your Mac. Bring iPhones, iPads, Mac cameras, and your screen into one studio. Use it as a webcam in Zoom, Meet, and OBS, record every angle in sync, and stream. Requires macOS 26 or later. Included with Mirage Capture. - [Camera](https://www.getmirage.dev/features/camera): Your iPhone is a camera for OBS. Turn an iPhone or iPad into a wireless camera, with sound: an NDI source in OBS, your Mac’s webcam through Mirage for Mac, or a picture in any browser. Record it on the device at the same time. iPhone or iPad with iOS 17 or later. NDI in OBS needs the DistroAV plugin and the NDI Runtime. - [Director](https://www.getmirage.dev/features/director): Run the show from your iPhone or iPad. Watch up to four cameras on an iPhone or iPad, and run your Mac studio from across the room: switch cameras, record, add markers, replay, and stream. iPhone or iPad with iOS 17 or later. Running a studio needs Mirage for Mac. - [Microphone](https://www.getmirage.dev/features/microphone): Any iPhone is a wireless mic. Use a spare iPhone as a wireless microphone for your Mac, on its own track. It works with the screen locked, and can record a copy of its own on the phone, which a Wi-Fi drop can’t reach. iPhone or iPad with iOS 17 or later, and Mirage for Mac. - [Capture Card](https://www.getmirage.dev/features/capture-card): Your iPad is a camera monitor. Connect a camera, console, or computer to a USB-C iPad through a UVC capture card. Monitor with false color, zebras, and peaking, and record the clean feed. iPad only: an iPad with a USB-C port and a UVC capture card. An iPhone can watch its broadcast in Director. - [Screen Share](https://www.getmirage.dev/features/screen-share): Share your screen with the room. Share your iPhone or iPad screen, with its sound, to another iPhone, iPad, or Mac nearby, or into OBS over NDI and any browser. Keep using other apps while it runs. iPhone or iPad with iOS 17 or later. - [Apple Watch](https://www.getmirage.dev/features/apple-watch): Roll from your wrist. Run Mirage Capture from Apple Watch: record, flip the camera, switch lenses, turn on the light, mute, and run your Mac studio, with the camera’s picture on your wrist. Apple Watch paired with an iPhone running Mirage Capture. Keep Mirage Capture open on the iPhone. ## Guides - [How to use your iPhone as a webcam on a Mac](https://www.getmirage.dev/guides/iphone-webcam-for-mac): Use any iPhone as a wireless webcam for Zoom, Google Meet, FaceTime, Teams, and OBS on your Mac through Mirage Camera, Mirage Capture’s virtual camera. Setup, the camera extension approval, and fixes. - [How to use your iPhone as a camera in OBS](https://www.getmirage.dev/guides/iphone-camera-in-obs): Add your iPhone to OBS Studio wirelessly, with sound, as an NDI source: install the DistroAV plugin and the NDI Runtime, restart OBS, and add an NDI Source. Or use Mirage Camera on a Mac, with no plugin. - [How to use your iPad as an HDMI monitor with a capture card](https://www.getmirage.dev/guides/ipad-capture-card-monitor): Turn a USB-C iPad into an HDMI monitor for a console, camera, or computer with a UVC capture card. What you need, setup in Mirage Capture, and what to check when there is no picture. - [How to use your iPad as a monitor for a Nintendo Switch, PS5, or Xbox](https://www.getmirage.dev/guides/ipad-monitor-for-game-console): Play a Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, or Xbox on a USB-C iPad through a UVC capture card. What you need, the PS5’s HDCP setting, setup in Mirage Capture, and what to check when there is no picture. - [How to use an iPad as a field monitor for your camera](https://www.getmirage.dev/guides/ipad-camera-field-monitor): Use a USB-C iPad as a large field monitor for your camera through a UVC capture card, with false color, zebras, focus peaking, waveform, and LUTs. - [How to use your iPhone as a wireless microphone for your Mac](https://www.getmirage.dev/guides/iphone-wireless-microphone-mac): Turn a spare iPhone into a wireless microphone for your Mac, for podcasts, streams, and recordings. It works with the screen locked, and can keep a copy on the phone that the Mac collects afterward. - [How to record multicamera video with iPhones](https://www.getmirage.dev/guides/multicam-recording-with-iphones): Record several iPhones, iPads, and Mac cameras at once, in sync, with a file per angle and a timeline for Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro, and Resolve. - [How to record a video podcast with iPhones](https://www.getmirage.dev/guides/video-podcast-with-iphones): Record a video podcast with iPhones as cameras and microphones: an angle and a track for every voice, automatic switching, captions, and chapters. - [How to livestream with several cameras from your Mac](https://www.getmirage.dev/guides/livestream-multiple-cameras-mac): Stream from your Mac to any service that takes RTMP or RTMPS with a stream key, with several iPhones as cameras: switch angles as you go, add titles and captions, and record every angle. - [How to add captions to a video call or stream](https://www.getmirage.dev/guides/live-captions-video-calls): Write captions into Mirage Camera’s picture on a Mac as people speak, so they appear in Zoom, Google Meet, FaceTime, and your stream, and get a Captions.srt file with every take. Speech recognition runs on your Mac. - [How to share your iPhone or iPad screen to a Mac or another device](https://www.getmirage.dev/guides/share-iphone-screen-to-mac): Show your iPhone or iPad screen, with its sound, on a Mac or another iPhone or iPad (encrypted, paired with a six-digit code), or in OBS over NDI and in a browser on your network. - [How to use your iPhone as a teleprompter camera](https://www.getmirage.dev/guides/iphone-teleprompter): Read your script beside the iPhone’s lens while you record or stream. The teleprompter can scroll with your voice, and Director can run it remotely. - [Mirage Capture vs Continuity Camera](https://www.getmirage.dev/guides/continuity-camera-vs-mirage-capture): Continuity Camera makes one iPhone a Mac webcam. Mirage Capture adds several iPhones and iPads, any Apple Account, multicam recording, NDI, and streaming. - [How to watch and switch cameras with Director](https://www.getmirage.dev/guides/director-watch-and-switch-cameras): Director on iPhone or iPad lists every Mirage broadcast nearby, watches up to four at once with any one full screen, and runs a Mac’s studio: switch cameras, record, add markers, and stream. - [Devices can’t see each other](https://www.getmirage.dev/guides/connection-problems): Fix iPhones, iPads, Macs, and OBS that can’t find each other in Mirage Capture: Local Network permission, one network, guest and hotel Wi-Fi that isolates devices, VPNs, personal hotspots, and the Windows firewall for NDI. ## Questions ### What is Mirage Capture? Mirage Capture is one app for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch that turns the Apple devices you already own into a video crew: your iPhone is the camera, your iPad is the monitor, your Mac is the studio, and Apple Watch is the remote. It uses an iPhone as a wireless camera in OBS (as an NDI® source) and as your Mac’s webcam in Zoom, Google Meet, and FaceTime, records every angle in sync with a timeline for Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro, and DaVinci Resolve, and turns a USB-C iPad into a capture-card monitor with false color, zebras, and focus peaking. One purchase covers every device, with no account and no subscription. ### Why use Mirage Capture instead of separate apps? Because it does in one app what usually takes several. Using an iPhone or iPad for video usually takes a separate app for each job, often each with its own account or subscription: a webcam app, a way into OBS, a multicamera recorder, a capture-card monitor, and a wireless microphone kit. Mirage Capture does all of these in one app, bought once, and your devices talk to each other directly on your own network. ### Which devices does it work on? iPhone and iPad with iOS 17 or later, Mac with macOS 26 or later, and Apple Watch paired with an iPhone. Capture Card needs an iPad with a USB-C port. ### What do I need to use Mirage Capture? An iPhone or iPad with iOS 17 or later, and your devices on the same local network. Mirage for Mac (the studio, Mirage Camera, multicamera recording, and streaming) needs macOS 26 or later. Capture Card needs a USB-C iPad and a UVC capture card. NDI in OBS needs OBS Studio 31.1.1 or later with the DistroAV plugin and the NDI Runtime 6.3 or later. ### Do I need to buy it for every device? No. One purchase includes the iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac apps. ### Does Mirage Capture need a subscription or an account? No. There is no subscription and no account. Mirage Capture works over your local network, with no cloud. ### Can I use my iPhone as a webcam for Zoom, Meet, Teams, or FaceTime? Yes. Mirage for Mac’s virtual camera, Mirage Camera, shows your iPhone, or a group of cameras, in any Mac app that lets you choose a camera. See [How to use your iPhone as a webcam on a Mac](https://www.getmirage.dev/guides/iphone-webcam-for-mac). ### Is Mirage Capture good for OBS? Yes. Every Mirage source (an iPhone or iPad camera, a shared screen, an iPad’s capture card, or a microphone) appears in OBS as an NDI® source with its sound, on Windows, macOS, or Linux, wirelessly. OBS needs the [DistroAV plugin](https://github.com/DistroAV/DistroAV) and the NDI Runtime, then a restart. On a Mac, Mirage Camera also works in OBS with no plugin. See [How to use your iPhone as a camera in OBS](https://www.getmirage.dev/guides/iphone-camera-in-obs). ### Is Mirage Capture good for podcasts? Yes. Put an iPhone in front of each person and, if you like, a spare iPhone near each voice as a microphone. Mirage for Mac records every angle and every voice as its own file, in sync, switches to whoever is talking with Follow the Speaker, writes captions and chapters, and hands you a timeline for Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro, or DaVinci Resolve. See [How to record a video podcast with iPhones](https://www.getmirage.dev/guides/video-podcast-with-iphones). ### Can I record several cameras at once? Yes. Mirage for Mac records every camera, screen, and microphone as its own file, in sync, with a timeline for Final Cut Pro (FCPXML) and an OpenTimelineIO (.otio) timeline, the open format DaVinci Resolve and Premiere Pro 26 or later import. See [How to record multicamera video with iPhones](https://www.getmirage.dev/guides/multicam-recording-with-iphones). ### Can I use an iPad as a monitor? Yes. With a UVC capture card that iPadOS recognizes, an iPad with USB-C shows an HDMI source that isn’t copy-protected, with its sound, false color, zebras, focus peaking, a waveform, a histogram, and LUTs. See [How to use your iPad as an HDMI monitor](https://www.getmirage.dev/guides/ipad-capture-card-monitor). ### Can I stream to YouTube or Twitch? Mirage for Mac streams to services that take an RTMP or RTMPS server address and a stream key, the way YouTube and Twitch take streams from streaming software, at 1080p60, 1080p30, or 720p30, while it records every angle. iPhone and iPad don’t stream to services themselves. ### Does it work on Windows or Android? Mirage Capture runs on Apple devices. Its NDI® and Browser outputs can be received on Windows and other computers on your network, for example in OBS on Windows. ### Is it private? Yes. Connections stay on your local network. Connections between Mirage devices are encrypted and paired with a six-digit code. NDI and Browser outputs don’t use the code, so use them on a network you trust. ### Does it need the internet? No. Devices only need to reach each other on the same local network. Streaming to a service needs the internet. ### Why can’t my devices see each other? Turn on Local Network access for Mirage in Settings › Privacy & Security › Local Network, and put every device on the same network. Guest, hotel, and school Wi-Fi and VPNs often block local connections; a personal hotspot works. See [Devices can’t see each other](https://www.getmirage.dev/guides/connection-problems). ### What if the Wi-Fi drops during a recording? Turn on On each device in the group’s Recording card and every iPhone and iPad, Microphone included, records a full-quality copy of its own, which no Wi-Fi drop reaches. With Settings › Studio › Download device recordings afterwards on, and Download Recordings allowed on each device (Settings › Mac Access), the Mac adds those copies to the take’s folder. See [How to record multicamera video with iPhones](https://www.getmirage.dev/guides/multicam-recording-with-iphones). ### Can I control my iPhone’s camera from my Mac? Yes, when the iPhone allows it in Settings › Mac Access: zoom, focus, exposure, white balance, lenses, the torch, recording, and screen lock. ## More - [Everything on this site in one file](https://www.getmirage.dev/llms-full.txt) - [All features](https://www.getmirage.dev/features) - [All guides](https://www.getmirage.dev/guides) - [FAQ](https://www.getmirage.dev/faq) - [Support](https://www.getmirage.dev/support) - [Privacy](https://www.getmirage.dev/privacy)