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    v4l2loopback camera not showing everywhere

    Hello friends,
    I have installed v4l2loopback on a new computer, wanting to create a virtual camera (inserting a virtual background by myself, but that doesn't matter .

    When I list my devices with
    Code:
    v4l2-ctl --list-devices
    I will get the following results:
    Code:
    OBS Video Source (platform:v4l2loopback-000):
        /dev/video10
    
    UVC Camera (046d:081b) (usb-0000:07:00.3-2):
        /dev/video0
        /dev/video1
    video0 is the origin and video10 is the virtual one.

    The interesting thing is that video10 only shows up in particular programmes. I can choose it on Jitsi-Websites in Firefox and also use it in Discord.
    But it does not show up in Zoom and Skype at all, it only lets me choose video0, which will be black (the latter one makes sense to me)

    Is there any reason why this could be the case?
    lsmod | grep -i v4l2loopback says that the module is loaded properly.

    I am using the following settings:
    Code:
    options v4l2loopback video_nr=10 card_label="OBS Video Source" exclusive_caps=1
    Is there anyone having an idea on how to solve that?

    Many greetings and thank you.
    Lukas

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    Re: v4l2loopback camera not showing everywhere

    Do you know which package versions of skype and zoom are installed?
    (Are they deb packages or snap packages?)
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    Re: v4l2loopback camera not showing everywhere

    Thank you for your answer.
    I installed Skype that way:
    Code:
    wget https://go.skype.com/skypeforlinux-64.deb
    sudo apt install ./skypeforlinux-64.deb
    Zoom got installed the same way by downloading it and then running apt:
    Code:
    sudo apt install ./zoom_amd64.deb

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    Re: v4l2loopback camera not showing everywhere

    Update: I got a hint from a friend and it works now.
    The solution for me was to not install v4l2loopback-dkms via apt, but building it myself via the GitHub-project.
    https://github.com/umlaeute/v4l2loopback

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