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     plugins = with pkgs.obs-studio-plugins; [
     plugins = with pkgs.obs-studio-plugins; [
       wlrobs
       wlrobs
      obs-backgroundremoval
      obs-pipewire-audio-capture
     ];
     ];
   })
   })
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     plugins = with pkgs.obs-studio-plugins; [
     plugins = with pkgs.obs-studio-plugins; [
       wlrobs
       wlrobs
      obs-backgroundremoval
      obs-pipewire-audio-capture
     ];
     ];
   };
   };
}
}
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Including both <code>obs-studio</code> and <code>(pkgs.wrapOBS {...</code> in <code>environment.systemPackages</code> will result in a package collision; if plugins are needed, only include the "wrapped" version, which sets the plugins directory to include Nix-managed plugins (see [https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/applications/video/obs-studio/wrapper.nix pkgs/applications/video/obs-studio/wrapper.nix].


=== Using the Virtual Camera ===
=== Using the Virtual Camera ===


The virtual camera requires the <code>v4l2loopback</code> [[Linux kernel#Custom kernel modules|kernel module]] to be installed, like so:
The virtual camera requires the <code>v4l2loopback</code> [[Linux kernel#Custom kernel modules|kernel module]] to be installed, a loopback device configured, and polkit enabled so OBS can access the virtual device:


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     v4l2loopback
     v4l2loopback
   ];
   ];
  boot.kernelModules = [ "v4l2loopback" ];
  boot.extraModprobeConfig = ''
    options v4l2loopback devices=1 video_nr=1 card_label="OBS Cam" exclusive_caps=1
  '';
  security.polkit.enable = true;
}
}
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It is possible to use [[Droidcam]] as virtual camera.
If you use a digital camera as a webcam via [http://gphoto.org/ gphoto2] you will need an additional loopback device to use this camera as a virtual camera. For a setup like this you may wish to change the above v4l2loopback module config to  something like this:<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
boot.extraModprobeConfig = ''
  options v4l2loopback devices=2 video_nr=1,2 card_label="OBS Cam, Virt Cam" exclusive_caps=1
'';
</syntaxhighlight>For more the [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/V4l2loopback#Loading_the_kernel_module arch wiki entry on v4l2loopback] is a good reference.
In addition to <code>gphoto2</code> you will need the <code>v4l-utils</code> and <code>ffmpeg</code> packages so that you can use gphoto2 to send the raw feed from your camera to the virtual camera via ffmpeg for example using a command like this<ref>https://austingil.com/dslr-webcam-linux/</ref>:<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
gphoto2 --stdout autofocusdrive=1 --capture-movie | ffmpeg -i - -vcodec rawvideo -pix_fmt yuv420p -threads 0 -f v4l2 /dev/video2
</syntaxhighlight>
[[Category:Applications]]
[[Category:Applications]]

Latest revision as of 10:54, 5 July 2024

OBS Studio is free and open-source software for video recording and live streaming, licensed under the GNU GPLv2 license.

Installing Plugins

Plugins are available from the obs-studio-plugins package set.

They can be installed by either wrapping the package with wrapOBS:

environment.systemPackages = [
  (pkgs.wrapOBS {
    plugins = with pkgs.obs-studio-plugins; [
      wlrobs
      obs-backgroundremoval
      obs-pipewire-audio-capture
    ];
  })
];

or using Home Manager:

{ config, pkgs, ... }:
{
  programs.obs-studio = {
    enable = true;
    plugins = with pkgs.obs-studio-plugins; [
      wlrobs
      obs-backgroundremoval
      obs-pipewire-audio-capture
    ];
  };
}

Including both obs-studio and (pkgs.wrapOBS {... in environment.systemPackages will result in a package collision; if plugins are needed, only include the "wrapped" version, which sets the plugins directory to include Nix-managed plugins (see pkgs/applications/video/obs-studio/wrapper.nix.

Using the Virtual Camera

The virtual camera requires the v4l2loopback kernel module to be installed, a loopback device configured, and polkit enabled so OBS can access the virtual device:

{ config, ... }:
{
  boot.extraModulePackages = with config.boot.kernelPackages; [
    v4l2loopback
  ];
  boot.kernelModules = [ "v4l2loopback" ];
  boot.extraModprobeConfig = ''
    options v4l2loopback devices=1 video_nr=1 card_label="OBS Cam" exclusive_caps=1
  '';
  security.polkit.enable = true;
}

It is possible to use Droidcam as virtual camera.

If you use a digital camera as a webcam via gphoto2 you will need an additional loopback device to use this camera as a virtual camera. For a setup like this you may wish to change the above v4l2loopback module config to something like this:

boot.extraModprobeConfig = ''
  options v4l2loopback devices=2 video_nr=1,2 card_label="OBS Cam, Virt Cam" exclusive_caps=1
'';

For more the arch wiki entry on v4l2loopback is a good reference. In addition to gphoto2 you will need the v4l-utils and ffmpeg packages so that you can use gphoto2 to send the raw feed from your camera to the virtual camera via ffmpeg for example using a command like this[1]:

gphoto2 --stdout autofocusdrive=1 --capture-movie | ffmpeg -i - -vcodec rawvideo -pix_fmt yuv420p -threads 0 -f v4l2 /dev/video2