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https://github.com/CatxFish/obs-virtual-cam
obs-studio plugin to simulate a directshow webcam
https://github.com/CatxFish/obs-virtual-cam
directshow obs-studio plugin
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obs-studio plugin to simulate a directshow webcam
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/CatxFish/obs-virtual-cam
- Owner: CatxFish
- License: gpl-2.0
- Archived: true
- Created: 2017-07-20T08:39:20.000Z (over 7 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2020-12-03T14:43:36.000Z (almost 4 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-09-26T22:24:24.100Z (about 2 months ago)
- Topics: directshow, obs-studio, plugin
- Language: C++
- Homepage: https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/obs-virtualcam.539/
- Size: 16.9 MB
- Stars: 1,760
- Watchers: 53
- Forks: 343
- Open Issues: 88
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: readme.MD
- License: LICENSE
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- Notice: obs-studio have officially provided virtual camera feature since version 26.0.0 , you can use it without installing this plugin
# OBS-VirtualCam
OBS-VirtualCam is a plugin for obs-studio , transforming the output video to a virtual directshow device.
**Supported Platforms** : Windows 7 , Windows 8 and Windows 10
**Alternative for Linux users:** [CatxFish/obs-v4l2sink](https://github.com/CatxFish/obs-v4l2sink)
**Alternative for Mac users:** [johnboiles/obs-mac-virtualcam](https://github.com/johnboiles/obs-mac-virtualcam)
**Supported OBS Studio version** : 24.0.0+
# Features
* **virtual output** : A output plugin sink raw video & audio to directshow interface.
* **virtual filter output** : A filter plugin sink obs source video to directshow interface.
* **virtual source** : Four directshow Interfaces which can use in 3rd party software.
# Install
The installer and compressed file can be found in [Release Page](https://github.com/CatxFish/obs-virtual-cam/releases). Using installer is recommended, but if you want to use compressed file to install manually , please follow these instructions.
1. Unzip OBS-VirtualCam.zip and put it to your obs-studio install folder.
2. Run CMD as Administrator and register 32bit directshow source
```
regsvr32 "C:\Program Files\obs-studio\bin\32bit\obs-virtualsource.dll"
```
3. Do it again to register 64bit directshow source
```
regsvr32 "C:\Program Files\obs-studio\bin\64bit\obs-virtualsource.dll"
```
- If you want to Remove the directshow filter , you can also use regsvr32 to do this
```
regsvr32 /u "C:\Program Files\obs-studio\bin\32bit\obs-virtualsource.dll"
```
# Register specific number of virtual cameras
Unregister then register 2 directshow camera (up to 4)
```
regsvr32 /u "C:\Program Files\obs-studio\bin\64bit\obs-virtualsource.dll"
regsvr32 /n /i:"2" "C:\Program Files\obs-studio\bin\64bit\obs-virtualsource.dll"
```
# Build
You need to install cmake , visual studio 2017 ,and build OBS project first.
Set following Cmake variables:
- **QTDIR** (path): QT folder
- **DepsPath** (path): FFmpeg folder in OBS dependencies package
- **LIBOBS_INCLUDE_DIR** (path) : Libobs include folder
- **LIBOBS_LIB** (filepath) : obs.lib path
- **OBS_FRONTEND_LIB** (filepath): obs-frontend-api.lib path
- **PTHREAD_LIB** (filepath): w32-pthread.lib path
# Donate
If you like my work on this plugin, you can donate via [Paypal.me](https://www.paypal.me/obsvirtualcam)