I cannot get webcamstudio to work Ubuntu 14.whatever 64bit standard LTS
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webcamstudio/webcamstudio-dailybuilds
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install webcamstudio
sudo chmod 666 /dev/video* if you are on ubuntu, did you install webcamstudio.dkms package also?
sudo apt-get install webcamstudio.dkms
Once installed you have to restart the system or type from terminal:
sudo modprobe webcamstudio
Auto Install v4l2loopback
First from a terminal, drop to a root shell
sudo su
If you havent installed kernel modules before with module-assistant run the following from a terminal
apt-get install module-assistant
m-a prepare
m-a update
Finally – download and install v4l2loopback
m-a a-i v4l2loopback
exit
Cracked it! (You’ve got to get the “Output” to look like my screenshot below)
- Tick V4lsloopback
- Tick Skycam
- Root prompt comes up
- (WS Audio Device?)
- WSVideo Device (0X0001)(1)
Now run FireFox, Chrome doesn’t want to pick up the Virtual Webcam under Chrome on Ubuntu 64bit
Now spot the shitter – FireFox choose camera see the Virtual Device as WSVideoDevice(0x0000), this afternoon it had to be “Dummy Virtual Device(0x0000)” – which Virtual WebCam you nominate seems to be random compared to what you think WebCamStudio will be outputting…
Please don’t ask me about sound – I’ll assume it comes through. IE I couldn’t be bothered to test it, but thought these notes so far might help people out.
E&OE PLEASE twit me with any amends and tips @markcross
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Old school method which I got working after I initially gave up with webcamstudio
http://askubuntu.com/questions/54032/compiling-avld-on-11-04/54055#54055
Missing H.264 decoder
sudo apt-get install gstreamer1.0-libav gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg
http://askubuntu.com/questions/139239/fake-a-webcam-using-a-video-loopback-device
gst-launch-0.10 filesrc location=xxxxxx.mp4 ! decodebin ! v4l2sink device=/dev/video1
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Other credits
http://superuser.com/questions/411897/using-desktop-as-fake-webcam-on-linux
https://launchpad.net/~webcamstudio/+archive/ubuntu/webcamstudio-dailybuilds
http://askubuntu.com/questions/54032/compiling-avld-on-11-04/54055#54055