How do I turn on the virtual camera?

Scr1pt

Scr1pt

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Hello, everyone. How can I open a virtual camera in Linux? This is my first time to use OBS on Linux. I need this function. Can you teach me what I know? Thank you very much. My distribution is: Manjaro
 
jcubic

jcubic

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I'm also searching for this and I can't find instructions anywhere online. I see people have problems with Virtual Camera but I don't see any instructions that actually show how to use it.
I'm using Fedora GNU/Linux
I've only found that I need to install `v4l2loopback` kernel module which I did, but I have no idea what to do next.
 
jcubic

jcubic

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Ok, so I was able to install Virtual Camera using information from different places.

You need to install v4l-utils and v4l2loopback kernel module:

On Fedora:

Code: 
sudo dnf install v4l2loopback v4l-utils
on Ubuntu:

Code: 
sudo apt install v4l-utils v4l2loopback

Then you need to install the kernel module:

Code: 
sudo modprobe v4l2loopback

after this, when you restart OBS studio (or run it) you should have a virtual camera next to record and stream. I have it in the bottom right corner.
 
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