[mrlambchop]

For the purposes of pranking people on zoom calls, I setup a OBS / Syphon / Camtwist flow that works great for my alternative conference requirements (ranging from matrix style graphics, playing videos of me on the green screen doing things in the background, scrolling comments on the meeting on my video feed etc...).

However... it is a major MAJOR PITA to get going when I want to jump on a quick call and more than often I'm in and out of the meeting a few times because of annoying defaults or software I forgot to start. But that 1 in 10 prank feeling? Well worth the 9 false starts.

I'd love OBS to work on its own to remove a few more steps from my setup!

[schrijver]

If you can share a view details on your setup that would be great!

[maeln]

FYI Syphon (which is used to link OBS to CamTwist) stop working since MacOS 10.15 since their "hack" that was making the whole thing work, stopped working.

[mrlambchop]

For "light" shenanigans, install: http://camtwiststudio.com/

On the mac, Version 3.4.3 is working fine with Catalina (10.15.4).

It adds in a virtual camera interface and you can configure a pipeline of sources or pipelines.

An easy setup is: - Webcam (set to FaceTime HD Camera) - Matrix effect

A more complex one is: - Add webcam - Select "movie" but press PIP - In the PIP Movie settings, "Swap with Video Source" - Mess with the Chroma key settings (you need a solid background color) for Chroma to work. I use a bed sheet :)

I'll circle back with the OBS/Syphon Pipeline/CamTwist shortly as it was much more involved!

[jo-m]

yes, seconding this

[Paddywack]

I did this by mistake today using XSplit broadcaster + Xsplit VCam. I was playing around last night, and when I logged in this morning my work video conferences (Hangouts, Teams) all had an extra (virtual) cam with funny stuff going on in the background from the various features I had played with on Xsplit. Funny, but also frustrating until I switched it off in the background