On Tue, Feb 9, 2021 at 11:44 AM Stephen Morris <samorris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >>> I would like to replace the background behind in my webcam video feed > >>> with an image. However, that is not possible, as it requires a “green > >>> screen”, which I do not have. So, my idea is to use a virtual camera > >>> with a background image chosen by me and feed that into Zoom. Is that > >>> possible on Fedora? > >> You can use the v4l2loopback kernel module to create a virtual camera, > >> and use one of the many tools to send video to the virtual video > >> device. However, that will just send a video or image to the video > >> device, it won't get your webcam's picture and overlay it on top of > >> it. If you want that, you'll need to do what zoom is already trying > >> to do, which requires a static background (a green screen). > > Thanks, Jonathan, for your clarification. I am now thinking about an > > alternative: blurring the background. Skype can do that, but not Zoom > > -- unfortunately. > Just one question, what do you mean by green screen? I use zoom on my > work laptop in Windows 10 showing static and animated backgrounds behind > the camera image so that people can't see anything in the room behind > me, and I didn't think there was anything special in my zoom configuration. A picture is worth a thousand words, Steve: https://gadgetstouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Green-Screen.jpg Paul _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
