Droidcam: Difference between revisions

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Droidcam is a mobile app (Android, iOS). With Droidcam the mobile device can be used as webcam for a PC.

Using it as a virtual camera with OBS Studio

Its possible to use Droidcam as a virtual camera in OBS Studio with the following NixOS configuration:

{ pkgs, ... }:

{
  programs.obs-studio = {
    enable = true;
    enableVirtualCamera = true;
    plugins = with pkgs.obs-studio-plugins; [
      droidcam-obs
    ];
  };
}

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.

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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 ==
+== 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">
-# /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
-        ];
-      })
-      # ...
      ];
    };
 }
 </syntaxhighlight>
+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]]