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the droidcam entry was created and linked to various entries. the webcams was moved out of linux due to its general character. the links to the webcams entry were updated and more were added where useful.
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OBS
Open Broadcaster Software - short OBS - is a free and open source software for video recording and live streaming. For webcams and their configuration see the webcams entry.
Plugins
There are several plugins made by non-obs developers. The plugins introduce different and new features.
Virtual Camera
By using a virtual camera the views of OBS can be used as an additional camera output, making it possible to add effects and more to the video feed of the camera.
Installation (Linux)
First of all V4L2 needs to be set up.
This guide assumes it is set up according to the section in the
V4L2 entry.
Make sure to
start the service by
running systemctl start v4l2loopback.service or enable it to start after each
boot with systemctl enable v4l2loopback.service.
Afterwards the virtual camera can be started.
Background Removal
Background removal removes the background of a camera image stream. The removed background can be replaced with color key filters.
Installation
Made by royshil
the github page
describes various possibilities to install the background removal for OBS on
different systems.
On Linux systems background removal is often contained in a package named
obs-backgroundremoval or similarly.