Now, if you run OBS, under Tools you would have a new choice: V4L2 Video Output. Sadly, it seems that the plugin file ends in a wrong folder ( /usr/lib/obs-plugins/), and you need to copy it to the right one: $ sudo cp /usr/lib/obs-plugins/v4l2sink.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/obs-plugins/ $ cmake -DLIBOBS_INCLUDE_DIR='././obs-studio/libobs' -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr. Once installed, you need to follow these steps: $ sudo apt install qtbase5-dev So, as usual in Debian : $ sudo apt install cmake libobs-dev

Next, you need to compile and install obs-v4l2sink plugin, but first you might need cmake and libobs-dev. To activate it, I have followed Henning recommendations: $ sudo modprobe v4l2loopback devices=1 video_nr=10 card_label='OBS Cam' exclusive_caps=1 It has been very useful for me.įirst you need to install v4l2loopback-dkms: $ sudo apt install v4l2loopback-dkms I would like to thank Henning Jacobs for his detailed post about this topic. But it also allows to record the output into a video to share or stream later.īut, would it possible to use these scenes in a video conference call? I’ve discovered there are plugins to do it on certain operating systems, but in Linux (and for Debian in my case), it requires some work. One of its cool features is that it allows direct streaming of the video generated to several services like YouTube or Twitch. It’s already available for many platforms and operating systems, and in Debian it’s been as easy as: $ sudo apt install obs-studio It allows the user to compose scenes with several sources (images, video camera input, mics, etc.) and to manage those scenes like if you were a video recording manager in an studio. I’ve discovered OBS a couple of months ago, while learning how to produce video content for Juntos dese casa initiative.

How can it be done in Linux, and more precisely in Debian? About OBS An awesome free, open source software project, that among many other things allow to build to custom scenes to be used as input for video conferences. During last weeks I’ve been playing with Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) Studio, or simply OBS.

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