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mvespain

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Hi all, here a new OBS & Virtual Cam user, very happy so far (am not a gamer/streamer but exploring ways for my company to hold virtual conferences, trainings, presentations etc).

My question: I would like to change the screen that applications display when selecting "OBS Virtual Device" but the Virtual Cam has not been started yet in OBS. I cannot find the relevant file to edit/replace. Anybody know where it is?

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Thanks in advance!
 
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letmaik said:
@Fenrir I created a Python package (https://github.com/letmaik/pyvirtualcam) that can send frames directly to the virtual cam. I'm having a slight problem when trying to register the 64-bit DLL (32-bit works) without the installer though (using the zip package). This worked fine in the original zip package from CatxFish. In an admin command prompt, I'm simply running "regsvr32.exe /n /i:1 bin\64bit\obs-virtualsource.dll" and the error is something like "error when loading the module". I'd be fine with using the installer (which does work and would be simpler for users) but I'd like to avoid the dependency on OBS Studio for my Python package, and the installer currently fails when OBS Studio is not installed (complains about some missing folders). I think for simplicity, would it be OK to change the installer to also work "stand-alone"?
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The virtualsource dll currently relies on components from ffmpeg (avutil and swscale), which are shipped as part of OBS. You will probably need to compile the whole plugin manually or just pull the missing dll files from an existing installation of OBS to avoid version conflicts.

mvespain said:
Hi all, here a new OBS & Virtual Cam user, very happy so far (am not a gamer/streamer but exploring ways for my company to hold virtual conferences, trainings, presentations etc).

My question: I would like to change the screen that applications display when selecting "OBS Virtual Device" but the Virtual Cam has not been started yet in OBS. I cannot find the relevant file to edit/replace. Anybody know where it is?

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Thanks in advance!
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That looks like it's coming from the macOS virtual camera plugin, which is not related to this plugin at all.
 
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gabrielprozzillo

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Fenrir no logro hacer que me aparezca VIRTUAL CAM en el MENU HERRAMIENTAS. Baje el PLUGGIN y lo instale y nada. Mi version de windows es 10 de 32bit no de 64. como puedo hacer?
 
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gabrielprozzillo

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[QUOTE = "Fenrir, publicación: 455488, miembro: 6800"]
Gracias por confirmar, hemos explicado por qué sucede esto. MS habilitó un nuevo indicador que solo está disponible en la versión 2019 (incluso las versiones pensadas 2015+ deberían funcionar juntas ...). Obtendré una nueva compilación que tiene esto deshabilitado, pero cualquier persona que tenga problemas para que aparezca en el menú de herramientas, instale el paquete VC Redist x64 vinculado anteriormente para resolverlo mientras tanto.
[/CITAR]hola no me aparece virtual cam, mi version es de 32 no de 64, intente bajar la de 64 y obvio no me la instala, y no logro ver VIRTUALCAM
 
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gabrielprozzillo said:
Fenrir no logro hacer que me aparezca VIRTUAL CAM en el MENU HERRAMIENTAS. Baje el PLUGGIN y lo instale y nada. Mi version de windows es 10 de 32bit no de 64. como puedo hacer?
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The installer does not support 32bit. Either update your OS to 64bit, or use the manual installation method with the .zip file.
 
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gabrielprozzillo

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[QUOTE = "Fenrir, publicación: 462784, miembro: 6800"]
El instalador no es compatible con 32 bits. Actualice su sistema operativo a 64 bits o use el método de instalación manual con el archivo .zip.
[/ CITAR] fenir: o sea debo desinstalar todo e instalarlo manual? pese a que yo descargue la versión 32? o estamos hablando del PLUGGIN?
 
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joylessdave

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ok im getting a wierd effect. virtual cam doesnt display in chrome or edge at all which seems common

so in firefox i have it working both as cam for facebook messenger and https://onlinemictest.com/webcam-test/

using useragent switcher to make firefox appear as edge for use with microsoft teams webapp when i try to start a video call the camera isnt listed even if its working on facebook and the webcam test site, even when user-agent switcher is active

fyi it works in the windows app just not the webapp but i have 2 organisations i need to log in as so i need to use the webapp for one of them

update i had posted this in the 2.0.4 thread not realizing there was a 2.0.5 version. ive updated and am getting exactly the same effect
 
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Zzaaiinn

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Hi Folks-

What is the best way to install virtual camera on Mac ?

There are methods using terminal using brew.sh ( and I dont like the point of using terminal everytime )

Do we have any updated plugin available now for Mac version? I know this is easy for Windows!

Thanks for letting me know. Ciao
 
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This plugin does not support macOS. There is a separate plugin that is currently in testing but not yet released.
 
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Zzaaiinn

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I downloaded the under-testing plugin for virtual camera ( in Mac ) using this link on GitHub -

https://github.com/johnboiles/obs-mac-virtualcam/releases

The screen does appear, but facing two issues :

1. The screen goes completely black and no-input-video is visible
2. The blue banner remains on the screen and is not removed completely.

Anyone else facing the same issue while using virtual camera on Mac ?

PS: I did install the virtual camera for Mac ( using terminal commands ) and faced a separate issue!Screenshot 2020-06-05 03.14.03.png
 
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Again, this plugin has nothing to do with the macOS plugin. You will need to reach out to the developer at the linked github repository.
 
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ael_the_ee

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Hello, I tried to use virtualwebcam for the for the first time (OBS 25.0.4 and Virtualcam 2.0.5) and I cannot tp figure out which settings to be correct to have good output quality.
So far I have same quality issues as described at: https://github.com/CatxFish/obs-virtual-cam/issues/69
Basically, image quality is poor and text is unreadable (tested in google meet and on webcamtest.
Any idea/suggestion?
I tried different output setting in obs: native (1440p), 1080p and 720p rescale. Quality in virtualcam still the same (bad) compared to direct stream or recording from obs with the same output resolution.
 
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TTrenton

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OS: Windows 10 home / 32bit

Hey guys, I added the VirualCam addon manually from the zip file (in all 3 directories). I think I installed it correctly as I get no errors when I fire it up. The problem is the virualcam-driver does not show up in any of the apps (skype,zoom,paltalk,etc). Not sure what I did wrong.

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TTrenton said:
OS: Windows 10 home / 32bit

Hey guys, I added the VirualCam addon manually from the zip file (in all 3 directories). I think I installed it correctly as I get no errors when I fire it up. The problem is the virualcam-driver does not show up in any of the apps (skype,zoom,paltalk,etc). Not sure what I did wrong.

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Did you register the 32bit obs-virtualsource.dll?
 
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TTrenton

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Fenrir said:
Did you register the 32bit obs-virtualsource.dll?
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Yup, that was it. I looked at an older post in this forum and registered the file in the command line. Works now. Only issue I have now in Skype is the webcam is horizontally flipped. I tried to flip it to normal from OBS but it crashes.

Anyway, thanks for your help Fenrir.
 
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TTrenton said:
Yup, that was it. I looked at an older post in this forum and registered the file in the command line. Works now. Only issue I have now in Skype is the webcam is horizontally flipped. I tried to flip it to normal from OBS but it crashes.

Anyway, thanks for your help Fenrir.
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Yeah, unfortunately the horizontal flip is bugged and is more likely to crash than not. You can right click the source in OBS -> transform -> flip horizontal and it will reflect in the output as well as a workaround.
 
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