Note: 'fuel' aims for Intel GPUs (mostly for cases where CPUs have integrated graphics).
'Fuel' is a webcam background removal solution with budget-friendly GPU optimization via OpenVINO for integrated GPUs. It is well-suited for systems lacking an NVIDIA GPU and equipped with Intel CPUs featuring integrated graphics. The solution can be used as a fake webcam under Linux for online meetings, providing a desirable artificial background.
- background substitution
- blurring background
- OpenVINO
- OpenCV
The solution has been tested under Ubuntu 23.10 and might be to work on other platforms, but hasn't been tested.
- Python
Installation might not be straightforward and could require some system administration knowledge.
- First of all, you need to check if your CPU is on the list of OpenVINO supported CPUs
- Install Intel OpenVINO Toolkit for Linux
- Install
v4l2loopbackand create a virtual webcam. It might be performed likesudo apt install -y v4l2loopback-dkms v4l-utils v4l2loopback-utilsandsudo v4l2loopback-ctl add --exclusive-caps=1 --name="fake-cam" /dev/video3 v4l2-ctl --list-devicesor quite close to. - Install Python 3 if you haven't done so already. (In my case, everything was tested on Python 3.11)
- Install a virtual environment for Python 3 (venv)
- Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/tdv/fuel.git - Go to the directory
cd fuel - Make a virtual environment using the command
python3 -m venv venv - Run the virtual environment using
source ./venv/bin/activate - Install all required packages using
pip3 install -r requirements.txt
Congrats, you are ready to use this!
- Activate the virtual environment (if not already active)
- Explore available commands via
python3 fuel.py -h - Start using, for example, with
python3 fuel.py -s webcam -w /dev/video0 -d fakecam -m background -b ./background/bg1.jpg -f /dev/video3 - Test it, for instance, with
ffplay -f v4l2 /dev/video3