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Installation

sudo apt install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
sudo apt install v4l2loopback-dkms
sudo modprobe v4l2loopback exclusive_caps=1

Video file

VIDEO=<video-file>
ffmpeg -re -i $VIDEO -f v4l2 /dev/video1

Video file (loop)

VIDEO=<video-file>
ffmpeg -re -f concat -safe 0 -i <(for i in {1..9999}; do printf "file '%s'\n" $(pwd)/$VIDEO; done) -f v4l2 /dev/video1
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