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I gave up on the native Zoom client on Linux right away, it was completely broken. It worked well enough on a browser to get through the project though. Same w

I gave up on the native Zoom client on Linux right away, it was completely broken. It worked well enough on a browser to get through the project though. Same with Teams, the video calls work fine on a browser. You just can't use any background pictures or effects.

VorpalWay 8mo ago
Teams in Firefox on Linux does work with backgrounds for me, and since a few months you can even upload custom backgrounds. Actual calling works well enough, I would say it is more stable than the native Windows client ever was.
prmoustache 8mo ago
> You just can't use any background pictures or effects. Thanksfully it is fairly easy to present a virtual webcam that is a composition of what your real physical webcam is showing and whatever background you want.
- distances 8mo ago
  Can you give some pointers about this? I thought it's straight to kernel modules territory if I want a virtual webcam.
  - prmoustache 8mo ago
    you can do it with ffmpeg but the most user friendly way is to use obs. https://obsproject.com/kb/virtual-camera-guide https://obsproject.com/kb/virtual-camera-guide https://usercomp.com/news/1413136/ffmpeg-virtual-camera-guide https://usercomp.com/news/1413136/ffmpeg-virtual-camera-guid... I used that back in the days in 2019 / early 2020 when it was not yet possible to share your screen on msteams under wayland in chrome and firefox.
    - distances 8mo ago
      Thanks!