I just can't... v4l2loopback just doesn't get detected. (Simply does nothing even when I pipe all the video to /dev/video0 using ffmpeg). I can't join any web meetings because my webcam is broken. Any help?
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Update
With the release of OBS Studio 26.1 on 14th December 2020, virtual camera support has been added for Linux without the need of any external plugins.
You can install OBS Studio normally with your preferred method, both snap, and apt are fine.
Then you should install v4l2loopback, a kernel module for Linux. You can follow the instructions starting from #build to #install.
git clone
cd v4l2loopback
make
sudo make install
sudo depmod -aOnce v4l2loopback is installed, you can launch OBS Studio (or restart if you already had it open) and it will detect the new kernel module automatically and be capable of outputting a virtual camera.
Previously
You can do so with OBS Studio (GitHub) on Linux by using the OBS Virtualcam plugin.
Does this plugin support other platforms?
For Linux, you can use the Video4Linux sink plugin for OBS Studio. Directions on how to configure it are available from that link.way to provide a similar plugin for macOS, but there is no ETA.
Linux version here:
On Windows I believe hosting a virtual camera is a native feature of OBS Studio, unfortunately for Linux, it requires installing a plugin.
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