To create a v4l2loopback virtual camera on Ubuntu, run the following: sudo apt install v4l2loopback-dkmsįor further information, see the v4l2loopback documentation. Pyvirtualcam uses v4l2loopback virtual cameras on Linux. Note that OBS provides a single camera instance only, so it is not possible to send frames from Python, capture the camera in OBS, mix it with other content, and output it again as virtual camera.

Click 'Start Virtual Camera' (bottom right), then 'Stop Virtual Camera'.To use the OBS virtual camera, follow these one-time setup steps: Install an older version if you need OBS 26 / 27 support. NOTE: Starting with pyvirtualcam 0.10, only OBS 28 is supported. OBS includes a built-in virtual camera for macOS (since 26.1). To use the Unity Capture virtual camera, follow the installation instructions on the project site. Compared to most other virtual cameras it supports RGBA frames (frames with transparency) which in turn can be captured in OBS for further processing. Unity Capture provides a virtual camera originally meant for streaming Unity games. To achieve such a workflow, use another virtual camera from Python (like Unity Capture) so that OBS' built-in virtual camera is free for use in OBS. Note that OBS provides a single camera instance only, so it is not possible to send frames from Python to the built-in OBS virtual camera, capture the camera in OBS, mix it with other content, and output it again to OBS' built-in virtual camera. To use the OBS virtual camera, simply install OBS. OBS includes a built-in virtual camera for Windows (since 26.0). Pyvirtualcam relies on existing virtual cameras which have to be installed first. Install it from PyPI with: pip install pyvirtualcam This package works on Windows, macOS, and Linux. Pyvirtualcam uses the first available virtual camera it finds (see later section).įor more examples, including using different pixel formats like BGR, or selecting a specific camera device, check out the examples/ folder. frames_sent % 255 # grayscale animation cam. Camera ( width = 1280, height = 720, fps = 20 ) as cam : print ( f 'Using virtual camera: ' ) frame = np. Usage import pyvirtualcam import numpy as np with pyvirtualcam. Pyvirtualcam sends frames to a virtual camera from Python.

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