obs virtual camera install on ubuntu 20.04 fix
install the obs virtual camera on ubuntu 20.04 without compiling anything,
the fix is you need to create some directories and a symbolic link then the plugin will work
I also show you how to send the output of obs studio into google hangouts,
and use ffmpeg to record your desktop and open the virtual video device with vlc so you can check its working
obs-v4l2sink ubuntu 20.04 install
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obs virtual camera for linux
https://github.com/CatxFish/obs-v4l2sink
download the deb file from
https://github.com/CatxFish/obs-v4l2s...
install packages:
sudo apt install v4l-utils v4l2loopback-dkms v4l2loopback-utils
v4l2sink
install obs-v4l2sink plugiin on ubuntu 20.04
install the deb file
sudo dpkg -i obs-v4l2sink.deb
install any missing dependencies
sudo apt install -f
create the symlink
create the directory structure for plugin
mkdir -p ~/.config/obs-studio/plugins/v4l2sink/bin/64bit/
create a symlink from the plugin to the directory we created
ln -s /usr/lib/obs-plugins/v4l2sink.so ~/.config/obs-studio/plugins/v4l2sink/bin/64bit/
create the video loopback device
sudo modprobe v4l2loopback devices=1 card_label="OBS Cam" exclusive_caps=1
list the video devices
v4l2-ctl --list-devices
in my case the video loopback device is listed as:
/dev/video2
you can also list video device directory
ls -l /dev/video*
obs tools menu
choose v4l2sink from the obs tools menu
and then set the device to the location of your virtual camera, which we found by running the v4l2-ctl command
in my case it was:
/dev/video2
ffmpeg
you can also use ffmpeg to send output to the virtual video device outside of obs studio
ffmpeg -f x11grab -r 15 -s 1366x768 -i :0.0+0,0 -vcodec rawvideo -pix_fmt yuv420p -threads 0 -f v4l2 /dev/video2
chapters:
00:00 - obs-v4l2sink
00:45 - download the deb file
01:15 - apt install
01:41 - deb install
01:56 - modprobe
02:39 - list devices
03:23 - plugin location
04:39 - mkdir
05:23 - symbolic link
06:08 - obs tools menu
06:31 - google hangouts settings
07:06 - obs in google hangouts
07:29 - ffmpeg stream desktop
08:20 - vlc open virtual camera
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