OBS Studio - for remote meetings like a pro
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Free and open source software for video recording and live streaming.
What and why
OBS can suprimpose several sources on a video flow. For example, it can add a logo, a timer, and a webcam feed over the main presentation.
And that is cool, and almost all I use.
There are plenty of plugin… to try one day!
How
Virtual Camera Guide (2022-08-31)
https://www.movavi.com/learning-portal/obs-virtual-camera.html
Some technical details follow… (maybe not needed)
Here are some technical notes and pointers.
I fought a lot to get the webcam working on Windows, for older version of OBS, simply getting the information that it needed a plugin!
Windows old versions
With old versions
Virtual Cam Plugin 2.0.5
Linux special for virtual camera
Virtual Camera Troubleshooting
creating a /dev/video13 device (for virtual camera)…
install: v4l2loopback-dkms v4l2loopback-utils
(as root)
# echo "options v4l2loopback devices=1 video_nr=13 card_label='OBS Virtual Camera' exclusive_caps=1" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/v4l2loopback.conf
options v4l2loopback devices=1 video_nr=13 card_label='OBS Virtual Camera' exclusive_caps=1
# echo "v4l2loopback" | sudo tee /etc/modules-load.d/v4l2loopback.conf
v4l2loopback
# sudo modprobe -r v4l2loopback
# sudo modprobe v4l2loopback devices=1 video_nr=13 card_label="OBS Virtual Camera" exclusive_caps=1
Jonathan: OBS studio Linux virtual camera 2021-07 OBS Linux Basics: Virtual Webcam
Recent issues
Windows suppor: Virtual Cam Plugin 2.0.5 not working with OBS 28
- #1 (ramraver) The vCam Plugin is not working any longer with version 28.
What about users who need more than just one virtual cam?*
…
#25 (dev47) FYI- there is a new alternative virtual output plugin, currently waiting for moderation/approval.
Not sure why it has not been posted on the forums yet, I assume the moderators are busy due to the OBS 28 launch,
but you can find the project on GitHub in the meantime
Windows special virtual cam ()
https://github.com/dev47apps/droidcam-obs-virtual-output
An alternative virtual output plugin for OBS Studio
https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/droidcam-virtual-output.1580/
An alternative virtual output plugin that connects OBS Studio with the DroidCam virtual camera drivers on Windows.
Virtual Camera troubleshooting
Not sure if still needed…
2022-08-31 https://obsproject.com/eu/kb/virtual-camera-troubleshooting
Plugins [TBC]
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Waveform
(Windows, Mac OS X, Linux)
Waveform is a plugin for showing a (cosmetic) frequency spectrum graph and other metrics of an audio source.
Virtual background removal
https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/background-removal-portrait-segmentation.1260/
https://github.com/royshil/obs-backgroundremoval
OBS Virtual background plugin Windows
An OBS plugin for Zoom/Meet-like virtual background feature.
uses Deep Learning based segmentation / no need to use green screen fast and lightweight processing / 4~5ms / frame / <5% CPU usage at AMD Ryzen 9
no need to use chroma-key / you can wear green color, any color, rainbow/full-color T-shirts!
StreamFX (for OBS® Studio)
(Windows, Mac OS X, Linux)