On Tue, Feb 9, 2021 at 11:44 AM Stephen Morris <samorris(a)netspace.net.au> 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