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kobratrading

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I downloaded the portable version of OBSv28, and also used the "StreamUp" Plugin Installer. All but one of the plugins works, which is good. But the actual button for OBS Virtual Camera (the built in one, NOT the plugin) has completely disappeared! Does anyone have any insight into what caused this, and how to get it back?

My first thought was, it's the ONE plugin that doesn't work causing it to be disabled. But I don't know why "StreamFX" would cause this. Any insight is greatly appreciated as I would love to be able to take my client calls with video instead of only audio today.
 
PaiSand

PaiSand

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The virtual cam isn't installed on portable mode. You have to install it manually.
Go to obs-studio\data\obs-plugins\win-dshow and run virtualcam-install.bat

If the you run into issues with the vcam on the other OBS instalation, simple use the unintall.bat and go to the same folder in the other instalation and run the install.bat
 
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kobratrading

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Thanks for the quick response. I did what you mentioned and was able to get it working! So far no issues (ran tests in Discord and it's fine).

One other quick question, I saw other mention a type of "plugin" that ALSO broadcasts audio over virtual camera? I can't seem to find it myself. I understand this is not updated to work in v28 yet, but I would like to subscribe to any githubs/twitters/threads where this will be updated. I didn't know this was possible, and this will solve my problems with audio/video delay and mismatch and I'll never have to separately route audio when using virtual camera for applications like Discord/Zoom etc.

Thanks again for all your insight.
 
PaiSand

PaiSand

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That plugin don't work on v28 but you may want to try it on 27.2.4:

OBS Virtualcam

As an FYI, this plugin will not be updated to support OBS 28. I recommend using Exeldro's filter plugin that extend the use of the built-in virtual camera instead. https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/virtual-cam-filter.1142/ NOTE: The...
obsproject.com obsproject.com
 
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kobratrading

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Fenrir said:
I will not be releasing any further versions of this plugin. Linking to other forks which have very specific feature updates for people to find here is perfectly fine.
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Found this at the end of the main Thread by the Dev "Fenrir". I guess it's run is over. Not worth staying on old versions of base OBS with limited support (or no support) of HDR, Websocket, AV1, etc. for one plugin and a minor inconvenience for those of us that need to do VoIP calls.

The bright-side of this though, is that this gives any active OBS plugin devs an opportunity to re-engineer it to include audio on the new v28. Obviously there are a LOT of people that used this, so it might be of interest of someone with coding skills to make a new version of it.
 
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henrymktyvideo

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Espero puedan ayudarme,

He actualizado a OBS 28.0.1 y no logro que mi cámara virtual se habilite en mi Macbook Pro M1 Pro
También cada vez que cierro la aplicación desde la V27.9 se cierra inesperadamente

Gracias
 
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ALLIANCE

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Hola buen día espero puedan ayudarme,

He actualizado a OBS 28.0.1 y no me funciona mi camra virtual intento ejecutarla en obs-studio\data\obs-plugins\win-dshow, ya no me aparece el error al abrir el programa pero no me aparece la función de Vcam, quisiera que me apoyen en esto,

muchas gracias.
 
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ALLIANCE

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PaiSand said:
The virtual cam isn't installed on portable mode. You have to install it manually.
Go to obs-studio\data\obs-plugins\win-dshow and run virtualcam-install.bat

If the you run into issues with the vcam on the other OBS instalation, simple use the unintall.bat and go to the same folder in the other instalation and run the install.bat
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If it doesn't work 'cause dont appear the Vcam, What would you recommend?
 
PaiSand

PaiSand

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There's hope for virtual cam:

dev47 said:
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

github.com

GitHub - dev47apps/droidcam-obs-virtual-output: An alternative virtual output plugin for OBS Studio

An alternative virtual output plugin for OBS Studio - dev47apps/droidcam-obs-virtual-output
github.com github.com
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kobratrading

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PaiSand said:
There's hope for virtual cam:
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Very nice find. I also found something of interest as well, from this same person on GitHub. It looks like he's also doing a project for NDI integration. There was a previous plugin from a different person that was abandoned years ago, probably when OBS released a built in "Virtual Camera".

I'm assuming this guy picked it back up and made his OWN because (like all of us in need of this) there is no audio included in the default OBS "virtual camera". I'm going to experiment with this tonight and download "NDI Tools v5.5" from the NDI website, as well as his plugin for it which was just updated about 8 hours.

Here are the links for those interested. I will post an update with results I experience while testing. For those wondering what the benefits of this would be, here are a few.

Streaming in Discord/Zoom/Google Meet etc.? Well Virtual camera is great, but if you are using something like Voicemeter for audio routing so you can separate your sources coming IN to OBS using the included OBS virtual camera will NOT allow you to mirror the audio, rendering all your hard work routing your audio correctly, useless since you can only select a single "input" for audio in these apps. NDI appears to fix that and allow you to mirror your video (in 1080p60) AND audio into ANY video conferencing or 3rd party app you may need to broadcast in.

NDI Tools (this would need to be installed so the plugin will work)
ndi.tv

Tools – NDI

Take control of your connection. Discover all the NDI tools and plugins you need to set up, test and manage your NDI streams.
ndi.tv ndi.tv

NDI Plugin for OBS (to make it possible to export OBS signal to NDI)
github.com

GitHub - dev47apps/obs-ndi: NewTek NDI integration for OBS Studio

NewTek NDI integration for OBS Studio. Contribute to dev47apps/obs-ndi development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com github.com

Again. I will post an update once I test this later tonight.
 
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dev47

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kobratrading

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Again. I will post an update once I test this later tonight.
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So far, this solution WORKS for me. As @dev47 mentioned, this is a temporary solution so I will keep monitoring this GitHub thread (which also contained some good information from people working towards NDI solutions.

There was ONE caveat to this solution for me in regards to the AUDIO. If you do not follow instruction from this YT video I found, in 3rd party applications the audio is VERY spotty, and constantly is going in and out, making it a consistency nightmare. As mentioned I was able to solve this issue by doing this:

OBS NDI (audio) delay issue

Hi all. We are currently facing a strange audio delay (or out of sync) issue that requires some help after trying out various scenarios. I duo stream with my girlfriend on one channel and mainly use NDI to send both of our PCs sources to a network server which encodes and sends to Twitch...
obsproject.com obsproject.com

I'm keeping this thread updated with my experience so others that have the patience to actually read stuff, might be able to find the answers to their problems if they end up having a similar setup as me, and run into similar problems. This has largely been trial and error over the last 2 days as I'm sure it has been with most people.
 
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G0MJW

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dev47 said:
Hi @kobratrading , just to clarify, "this guy" is the author of DroidCam (http://droidcam.app/obs) and Tallis NDI (https://tallis.live/) apps.
The NDI plugin has been around for a long time (not by me), and is currently being updated for OBS 28. The fork you found is just a temporary solution: https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/discussions/7072

I recommend you scan through the OBS plugins page here: https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/categories/obs-studio-plugins.6/
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..very good plugin. I have an issue with ffmpeg using DroidCam Video as a source, I request say 1920x1080 but I get something else. happening, basically it was capturing 640x480 in 4:3 aspect ratio. I was sure it is me calling it incorrectly. I tried setting the aspect ratio but without success. After sleeping on it I tried the video size parameter which seems to be the one to use.

c:\ffmpeg\bin\ffmpeg -f dshow -video_size 1920x1080 -i video="DroidCam Video" -thread_queue_size 512 -f dshow -i audio="Microphone (DroidCam Audio)"

Hope this helps others scratching their scalp.
 
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