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Is there anyway I can make it pretend to be a webcam so I can use the output as a "camera" source for skype, teams, etc?

dashesyan 7y ago
Yes there’s OBS Virtual Camera and there’s NDI tools See the setup section here: https://www.hanselman.com/blog/TakeRemoteWorkerEducatorWebcamVideoCallsToTheNextLevelWithOBSNDIToolsAndElgatoStreamDeck.aspx https://www.hanselman.com/blog/TakeRemoteWorkerEducatorWebca...
- jsilence 7y ago
  Zoom on Windows 10 does not seem to recognize the obs-cam virtual camera. Unfortunately. If anyone has a solution for this, I'd love to get a hint.
  - r1ch 7y ago
    Their latest Windows version has some weird DLL blacklist which blocks the ffmpeg DLLs used by the virtual camera. I made an inert version of the DLL[1] but this will break screen sharing due to a set of digital signature checks Zoom does before screen sharing. https://twitter.com/R1CH_TL/status/1243734261628383232 https://twitter.com/R1CH_TL/status/1243734261628383232
  - sorryitstrue 7y ago
    didnt work for me either, I had to use NDI tools
  - bentcorner 7y ago
    You need to downgrade Zoom to 4.6.7: https://github.com/CatxFish/obs-virtual-cam/issues/78 https://github.com/CatxFish/obs-virtual-cam/issues/78
- bonestamp2 7y ago
  Thank you! It looks like virtual camera only works on Windows for those who are interested.
Scottopherson 7y ago
https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/obs-virtualcam.539/ https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/obs-virtualcam.539/ I haven't found an OSX or linux solution unfortunately.
- dashesyan 7y ago
  Tobi Lutke (Shopify CEO) has put out a $10,000 bounty for cross platform virtual camera for OBS https://twitter.com/tobi/status/1242641154576965634 https://twitter.com/tobi/status/1242641154576965634 https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/issues/2568 https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/issues/2568 https://github.com/obsproject/rfcs/pull/15 https://github.com/obsproject/rfcs/pull/15
  - Scottopherson 7y ago
    This is great, there seems to be genuine motivation within the project to get this implemented.
xal 7y ago
I just posted a bounty for making this a build in feature. Lots of work happening on the RFC and some working prototypes already: https://twitter.com/tobi/status/1242641154576965634 https://twitter.com/tobi/status/1242641154576965634
- bonestamp2 7y ago
  Thank you for doing that! I'm using ManyCam for now (also Canadian) since it seems to be one of the only other mac apps that does camera switching easily right now. But, I'd much rather use OBS. Thanks again. PS: I was going to build a shopify app a few years ago but I've got so many projects on the go. If you're interested in the short domain, let me know: shpfy.com
abecode 7y ago
If you use the "preview to projector/monitor" with an extra monitor, then you can share that screen in the teleconference. I've done that with zoom while moving to online teaching these past weeks. I also got an idea from folks at the libre graphics track at SCaLE (southern California Linux expo) this year that you could use the preview feature but run the video out (eg HDMI) to a video capture device then back into your computer. I haven't tried that yet though.
- bonestamp2 7y ago
  That's a great idea... and it seems to be the only viable OBS macOS solution for now. Thanks!
ShamelessC 7y ago
Looks like this might help https://www.hanselman.com/blog/TakeRemoteWorkerEducatorWebcamVideoCallsToTheNextLevelWithOBSNDIToolsAndElgatoStreamDeck.aspx https://www.hanselman.com/blog/TakeRemoteWorkerEducatorWebca...
shirro 7y ago
On Linux I have used a v4l2loopback kernel module and an obs plugin called v4l2sink. The obs module has not had any development activity for 2 years but seems to work. This a such a useful feature it should be upstreamed for all platforms.

dashesyan 7y ago

Yes there’s OBS Virtual Camera and there’s NDI tools See the setup section here: https://www.hanselman.com/blog/TakeRemoteWorkerEducatorWebcamVideoCallsToTheNextLevelWithOBSNDIToolsAndElgatoStreamDeck.aspx https://www.hanselman.com/blog/TakeRemoteWorkerEducatorWebca...

jsilence 7y ago
Zoom on Windows 10 does not seem to recognize the obs-cam virtual camera. Unfortunately. If anyone has a solution for this, I'd love to get a hint.
- r1ch 7y ago
  Their latest Windows version has some weird DLL blacklist which blocks the ffmpeg DLLs used by the virtual camera. I made an inert version of the DLL[1] but this will break screen sharing due to a set of digital signature checks Zoom does before screen sharing. https://twitter.com/R1CH_TL/status/1243734261628383232 https://twitter.com/R1CH_TL/status/1243734261628383232
- sorryitstrue 7y ago
  didnt work for me either, I had to use NDI tools
- bentcorner 7y ago
  You need to downgrade Zoom to 4.6.7: https://github.com/CatxFish/obs-virtual-cam/issues/78 https://github.com/CatxFish/obs-virtual-cam/issues/78
bonestamp2 7y ago
Thank you! It looks like virtual camera only works on Windows for those who are interested.

Scottopherson 7y ago

https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/obs-virtualcam.539/ https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/obs-virtualcam.539/ I haven't found an OSX or linux solution unfortunately.

dashesyan 7y ago
Tobi Lutke (Shopify CEO) has put out a $10,000 bounty for cross platform virtual camera for OBS https://twitter.com/tobi/status/1242641154576965634 https://twitter.com/tobi/status/1242641154576965634 https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/issues/2568 https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/issues/2568 https://github.com/obsproject/rfcs/pull/15 https://github.com/obsproject/rfcs/pull/15
- Scottopherson 7y ago
  This is great, there seems to be genuine motivation within the project to get this implemented.

xal 7y ago

I just posted a bounty for making this a build in feature. Lots of work happening on the RFC and some working prototypes already: https://twitter.com/tobi/status/1242641154576965634 https://twitter.com/tobi/status/1242641154576965634

bonestamp2 7y ago
Thank you for doing that! I'm using ManyCam for now (also Canadian) since it seems to be one of the only other mac apps that does camera switching easily right now. But, I'd much rather use OBS. Thanks again. PS: I was going to build a shopify app a few years ago but I've got so many projects on the go. If you're interested in the short domain, let me know: shpfy.com

abecode 7y ago

If you use the "preview to projector/monitor" with an extra monitor, then you can share that screen in the teleconference. I've done that with zoom while moving to online teaching these past weeks. I also got an idea from folks at the libre graphics track at SCaLE (southern California Linux expo) this year that you could use the preview feature but run the video out (eg HDMI) to a video capture device then back into your computer. I haven't tried that yet though.

bonestamp2 7y ago
That's a great idea... and it seems to be the only viable OBS macOS solution for now. Thanks!

ShamelessC 7y ago

Looks like this might help https://www.hanselman.com/blog/TakeRemoteWorkerEducatorWebcamVideoCallsToTheNextLevelWithOBSNDIToolsAndElgatoStreamDeck.aspx https://www.hanselman.com/blog/TakeRemoteWorkerEducatorWebca...

shirro 7y ago

On Linux I have used a v4l2loopback kernel module and an obs plugin called v4l2sink. The obs module has not had any development activity for 2 years but seems to work. This a such a useful feature it should be upstreamed for all platforms.