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Use your phone like a webcam in your linux env
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phone-web-cam-on-linux.sh
# STEP 1
# Install deps
sudo apt install v4l2loopback-dkms
sudo apt install ffmpeg
# STEP 2
# Create fake webcam dummy device
# It will be used like a stream source in third-party programs like Zoom, Skype, etc
sudo modprobe v4l2loopback card_label="Fake Webcam" exclusive_caps=1
# STEP 3
# Get rtsp stream and forward it by deviceX into our dummy device which was created later
# rtsp://ip:port/h264_pcm.sdp - Look in IP Webcam stream's meta data
# /dev/videoX - Look in `ls -1 /dev/video*` list and take the last one
ffmpeg -stream_loop -1 -re -i rtsp://ip:port/h264_pcm.sdp -vcodec rawvideo -vsync 2 -threads 0 -f v4l2 /dev/videoX
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Successfully tested with

  • Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS
  • Zoom
  • IP Webcam (free un-pro version) for Android based device (xiaomi)

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After STEP 3 you will have the Fake Webcam device in your devices list of your in third-party program (Zoom, etc)

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