A vidcam was a device capable of recording both video and audio. These devices could be positioned on the exterior of a starship, as well as within a room or building.
While visiting Wald's Parts on Tatooine in 8 ABY, Han Solo and his wife, Leia Organa Solo, learned from Wald that he had overheard stormtroopers discussing their new admiral, who was using the vidcam located in the corner of Wald's ceiling. Subsequently, when the couple made a stop at the moisture farm that had been converted into a hotel known as Sidi Driss Inn, Dama Whitesun Brunk informed them that she had provided Chewbacca with a datapad connected to twenty concealed vidcams installed throughout the inn.
The Millennium Falcon possessed vidcams, including one situated at the stern of the ship. This particular vidcam was instrumental in detecting a Koensayr mapping skiff trailing the Falcon when Han and Leia were surveying a planet for the relocation of the Ithorian population following the Yuuzhan Vong War. Later, Leia utilized the Falcon's vidcams to observe movement on an asteroid situated near the Lizil nest within the Unknown Regions.
During the Swarm War, Han and Leia acquired a Dray-class transport, named the Swiff, on loan from Lando Calrissian. They employed its vidcams during their return visit to the Lizil nest. When Leia was taken aboard a Chiss vessel and interrogated by Baltke, a Chiss commander, a concealed vidcam recorded the proceedings.