VideoLoopCam

A bunch of scripts to gain privacy and/or prank your remote coworkers. Should work with most if not all programs, including Chrome, Zoom.

Setup

YMMV. This could work for Ubuntu.:

sudo apt install ffmpeg v4l2loopback-dkms bc mpv v4l-utils
git clone https://github.com/lalten/VideoLoopCam.git
cd VideoLoopCam
chmod +x *.sh

Use cases

I have a video that I want to use as webcam

Perfect, just run play.sh

I have a video but it does not loop nicely

loop.sh should make your life a tiny bit easier.

I also need to record a video

record.sh will help you record from your webcam. It displays a preview where the first frame is transparently overlayed. If you end your video with everything in the same position as in the overlay, it will make a more seamless loop.

Ingredients

Built with:

• v4l2loopback - a kernel module to create V4L2 loopback devices
• FFmpeg. A complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video

More (mostly optional) dependencies:

• bc
• mpv
• v4l2-ctl