Comments on: Linux Fu: Fake Webcams, GUI Edition

By: danielbpm

danielbpm — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 19:33:32 +0000

First I was thrilled to see what Webcamoid could do but then I was pissed that the dev uses a paid digital delivery platform for compiled versions.

It costs $1.99, the platform eats 5% so the dev gets close to $1.8905 per download. Who the hell does that?

It’s my first time seeing an opensource project charge for compiled versions, for sure I’ll build it myself, but came back to warn potential buyers or maybe the dev himself!

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 22:47:41 +0000

In reply to Aknup.

Color key.
Mirror so you are facing left instead of right.
Adjusting gamma when the application doesn’t support it.
Cropping when the application doesn’t support it.
Black and white to feed into an application.
Displaying things that AREN’T cameras as if they were, like screen capture.

Plenty of uses for video editing that presents the end of your chain with a finished ‘camera’ feed.

Or maybe just a VTubet or fursona.
Go wild.

By: Dude

Dude — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:39:58 +0000

In reply to Zangar the Pangarian.

You can control OBS Studio from the command line

https://github.com/grigio/obs-cmd

By: Aknup

Aknup — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 15:59:31 +0000

so.. who were you trying to fool then with your fake webcam?

By: Zangar the Pangarian

Zangar the Pangarian — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:08:26 +0000

Hey now, just because we use OBS doesn’t mean we dislike the commandline!
But… at least for my purposes… it’s a lot more convenient to find a camera feed I want to add to my list, grab the url and throw it into OBS as a new source than it is to go copy a script that I made for another camera, rename it and replace the url with the new one.

I’m eager to try this Webkamoid though. OBS is certainly overkill for what I use it for. Maybe Webkamoid will be a better fit? Thanks!

By: Ted Huntington

Ted Huntington — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 18:02:40 +0000

I tried three different ways to install Webcamoid. First, I used the normal OpenSUSE Tumbleweed repos to install the program. It couldn’t find any cameras. My next stop was a Flatpak version. That worked well, but it is deliberately crippled and won’t even try to drive a virtual camera, directing you to install the regular version instead. Then I tried an AppImage. This seemed to work OK, but the virtual camera would never display anything but a black screen.

A Standard Linux Experience for anything that beyond installing build-essential (aka gcc + make) package. You should embrace it and thank the developers for a chance to develop your IT skills.