OBS on OpenSuse Tumbleweed (missing Start Virtual Cam button etc)

DreamHouse

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Hello, (I'm learning how to use OBS and Linux so bear with me).

I installed openSUSE two days ago (Tumbleweed 20240716).
I installed the latest OBS via Discover.
I tried using vdo.ninja; the video appeared in OBS but "Start Virtual camera" button was missing.
I gave up on vdo.ninja and tried using DroidCam for Linux but couldn't get it to work.
After researching online, I found out I needed to install the v4l2loopback module.
I managed to install v4l2loopback, and then the "Start Virtual camera" button appeared.
DroidCam started working after that.

Now I thought I could use OBS with vdo.ninja since the button appeared, but this time OBS doesn't show the video from the generated URL. I removed the DroidCam plugin from OBS for Linux, but it didn't help.

Does anyone have any tips on what I can do? Is it worth using vdo.ninja after all, or will the video quality also be reduced like with DroidCam?

System info:

Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20240716

KDE Plasma Version: 6.1.2

KDE Frameworks Version: 6.4.0

Qt Version: 6.7.2

Kernel Version: 6.9.9-1-default (64-bit)

Graphics Platform: X11

Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i7-7700 CPU @ 3.60GHz

Memory: 7.6 GiB of RAM

Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® HD Graphics 630
 
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