Updated: current (Aug 2014) version of ffmpeg supports QTKit and AVKit frameworks: ffmpeg -f qtkit -video_device_index 0 -i "" out.mpg or ffmpeg -f qtkit -i "default" out.mpg also you can obtain list of available devices: ffmpeg -f qtkit -list_devices true -i "" Old answer: I solved this problem with QuickTime Broadcaster. It is small utility which captures video and audio, compress it, packetizes