Droidcam - Revision history

Gepbird: Put category at the bottom

2025-05-12T19:17:38Z

Put category at the bottom

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			Since this adds a kernel module, you will need to reboot your system. Once rebooted, open OBS Studio and add a DroidCam OBS source to a scene. Then activate the virtual camera to and make sure it is linked to your selected scene.

	[[Category:Applications]]		[[Category:Applications]]

	Since this adds a kernel module, you will need to reboot your system. Once rebooted, open OBS Studio and add a DroidCam OBS source to a scene. Then activate the virtual camera to and make sure it is linked to your selected scene.

Gepbird: Use the obs-studio NixOS module to handle most of the lower level configuration, make a user-friendly description for people who aren't used to OBS

2025-05-12T19:15:46Z

Use the obs-studio NixOS module to handle most of the lower level configuration, make a user-friendly description for people who aren't used to OBS

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	[https://droidcam.app/ Droidcam] is a mobile app (Android, iOS). With Droidcam the mobile device can be used as webcam for a PC.		[https://droidcam.app/ Droidcam] is a mobile app (Android, iOS). With Droidcam the mobile device can be used as webcam for a PC.

	== ~~Installing~~ as an OBS-Studio ~~plugin~~ ==		== Using it as a virtual camera with OBS Studio ==
	Its possible to use Droidcam as a virtual camera in [[OBS Studio]].		Its possible to use Droidcam as a virtual camera in [[OBS Studio]] with the following [[NixOS]] configuration:

	<syntaxhighlight lang="nixos">		<syntaxhighlight lang="nixos">
	~~# /etc/nixos/configuration.nix~~		{ pkgs, ... }:
	{ ~~config,~~ pkgs, ... }:

	{		{
	~~# Virtual cam settings: see https://wiki~~.~~nixos.org/wiki/OBS_Studio#Using_the_Virtual_Camera~~		programs.obs-studio = {
	~~boot.extraModulePackages~~ = ~~with config.boot.kernelPackages; [~~		enable = true;
	~~v4l2loopback~~		enableVirtualCamera = true;
	];		plugins = with pkgs.obs-studio-plugins; [
	~~boot.extraModprobeConfig = ''~~		droidcam-obs
	~~options v4l2loopback devices=1 video_nr=1 card_label="OBS Cam" exclusive_caps=1~~
	~~'';~~
	~~security.polkit.enable~~ = true;

	~~# Install OBS Studio with droidcam-obs~~
	~~users.users.foo = {~~
	~~packages~~ = with pkgs~~; [~~
	~~# ..~~.
	~~(wrapOBS {~~
	~~plugins = with~~ obs-studio-plugins; [
	droidcam-obs
	];
	})
	~~# ...~~
	];		];
	};		};
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	[[Category:Applications]]		[[Category:Applications]]

			Since this adds a kernel module, you will need to reboot your system. Once rebooted, open OBS Studio and add a DroidCam OBS source to a scene. Then activate the virtual camera to and make sure it is linked to your selected scene.

Klinger: Category:Applications (fix)

2024-06-18T18:02:38Z

Category:Applications (fix)

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			[[Category:Applications]]

Klinger: link to OBS Studio wiki article

2024-06-18T18:00:33Z

link to OBS Studio wiki article

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	== Installing as an OBS-Studio plugin ==		== Installing as an OBS-Studio plugin ==
	Its possible to use Droidcam as a virtual camera in OBS-Studio.		Its possible to use Droidcam as a virtual camera in [[OBS Studio]].

	<syntaxhighlight lang="nixos">		<syntaxhighlight lang="nixos">

Klinger: Category:Applications. Link to Droidcam. Sentence at the beginning.

2024-06-18T17:59:11Z

Category:Applications. Link to Droidcam. Sentence at the beginning.

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			[https://droidcam.app/ Droidcam] is a mobile app (Android, iOS). With Droidcam the mobile device can be used as webcam for a PC.

	== Installing as an OBS-Studio plugin ==		== Installing as an OBS-Studio plugin ==
			Its possible to use Droidcam as a virtual camera in OBS-Studio.

	<syntaxhighlight lang="nixos">		<syntaxhighlight lang="nixos">
	# /etc/nixos/configuration.nix		# /etc/nixos/configuration.nix

Denperidge: Initial Commit: added Installing as an OBS-Studio plugin

2024-06-17T19:32:05Z

Initial Commit: added Installing as an OBS-Studio plugin

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== Installing as an OBS-Studio plugin ==
<syntaxhighlight lang="nixos">
# /etc/nixos/configuration.nix
{ config, pkgs, ... }:

{
# Virtual cam settings: see https://wiki.nixos.org/wiki/OBS_Studio#Using_the_Virtual_Camera
boot.extraModulePackages = with config.boot.kernelPackages; [
v4l2loopback
];
boot.extraModprobeConfig = ''
options v4l2loopback devices=1 video_nr=1 card_label="OBS Cam" exclusive_caps=1
'';
security.polkit.enable = true;

# Install OBS Studio with droidcam-obs
users.users.foo = {
packages = with pkgs; [
# ...
(wrapOBS {
plugins = with obs-studio-plugins; [
droidcam-obs
];
})
# ...
];
};
}
</syntaxhighlight>