If you get an error, you need to reboot and try a different video port like video_nr=11. Open your OBS Studio software and go to the Menu, click on Tools then 4l2sink and Start. Your video is now ready to become the virtual camera for Zoom or other streaming platforms. Note: video_nr= 10 is the video port number. Sudo modprobe v4l2loopback video_nr= 10 card_label=”OBS Stream”Ĭlose your terminal window and your ready. Pacmd load-module module-null-sink sink_name=Virtual_Sink sink_properties=scription=Virtual_Sink Here are the Audio and Video you need to run in a terminal window once before you run OBS.ġst the Audio, then the Video: Note the first line is not run as root… If you want to manually run before you open OBS then you are done. Now you have the Video (VirtualCam) installed and ready to use. Sudo apt-get install -f, this will install any missing dependencies. If you get an error while installing it, run: Note: make sure you don’t have any other Deb packages in the folder, or they will get installed as well.

For the ( Ubuntu 20.04 and Mint 19) b download.

Instead of compiling the code, here is the b ( Ubuntu 20.04 and Mint 20) installation package. In order to pass the video to Zoom or other platforms, you need to install the VirtualCam plugin. You can also use OBS to Live Stream to YouTube or Facebook directly without having to use either VirtualCam and Virtual Audio Cam. Now comes the fun, installing VirtualCam and Virtual Audio Cable so you can use the video and the audio out of OBS and pass it to Zoom or other streaming services. That’s it, you now have the OBS Studio installed. Make sure you keep backups in the event an update breaks the software. Sudo add-apt-repository ppa:obsproject/obs-studioĪdding the OBS Projects repository will keep your software up to date.

This is tested on Ubuntu 20.04 and Mint 20.įollowing these simple steps you can get OBS installed quickly:Ĭopy and Paste the following commands one line at a time in the terminal window.

The OBS software install is pretty straight forward though using a terminal window. How to install OBS in Ubuntu or Linux Mint is not quite as easy as in Windows.

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