I want to make a live stream of (a window on) my linux desktop using a free streaming site, using the captured video as a fake webcam. There are many tools for this on windows. ffmpeg allows me to capture input on a specific window, but I can't find a way to output the video to a fake webcam-style device usable by flash.
Can anyone recommend a method (or software) for doing this?
Best Answer
You can install v4l2loopback. It is a kernel module that simulates a webcam. Load it with:
Then you need to send the video stream to the device /dev/video0 using a program like ffmpeg. In order to capture the desktop and forward it to /dev/video0 with ffmpeg, you can use the following command line:
Change the value of -r from 15 to something else if you want a different frame rate. The resolution is chosen in the -s parameter. If you want to specify an offset from the upper-left corner of the screen, pass it in the -i parameter in the form "-i :0.0+x,y", where x and y are the horizontal and vertical offset respectively.