How to output OBS as a virtual camera and recognize it as a video source with Zoom or Teams.

Jun Kudo
3 min readMar 22, 2020

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Introduction

This is a method of outputting OBS as a virtual camera and recognizing it as a video source with Zoom or Teams.

OBS is originally distributed in cooperation with YouTube and video distribution systems.
However, by adding a virtual camera as a plug-in, Zoom, Teams, etc.
It can be used as a video source for other software.
I will show you how.

Install OBS plugin

It is possible by introducing the following OBS plug-ins.OBS-VirtualCam
https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/obs-virtualcam.539/

Install OBS while stopped.

After installation, launch OBS.
(The source of the image is BaBiNiku with FaceRig © ︎Kizuna AI)

Sorry, The UI is Japanese Interface.

Open “Tools”-> “VirtualCam” from the menu at the top.

Select “OBS-Camera” (default) for Target Camera.
Buffered Frames “0”. I think it’s probably a delay.
Start with Start.

Zoom settings

Open Zoom, join the meeting and select the camera “OBS-Camera”.
That’s it for Zoom.
(If the mirror is displayed, change the mirror setting in the Zoom settings.)

Teams Settings

Next is Teams.
After startup, select the camera “OBS-Camera”.
It will be displayed inverted.
I just want to be able to set up mirrors in Teams, but unfortunately not.

There is a solution.
Make the reverse setting on the OBS side.

Select all sources (Ctrl + A).
Click “Edit” → “Convert” → “Flip Horizontal” from the top menu.

After reversing, the placement location is shifted, so relocate it in a good condition.

If you display it in Teams, you can see it without problems.

Close

The above is an introduction of how to output OBS as a virtual camera and make it recognized by Zoom and Teams.
OBS has a lot of plugins, so it might be interesting to play around with it.

Thanks

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