On Thursday, June 18, 2020 10:17:23 AM CEST J. Roeleveld wrote:
> On Thursday, June 18, 2020 9:33:26 AM CEST Neil Bothwick wrote:
> > On Thu, 18 Jun 2020 08:23:29 +0200, J. Roeleveld wrote:
> > > Do take note, the Linux version is lacking several features that the
> > > other "native" clients have. Notably:
> > > - Only 4 camera-views at the same time (instead of 9, I believe)
> > > - No background-blur or image
> > > 
> > > This means, you only get to show your real background or leave the
> > > camera off/ covered.
> > 
> > I worked around this is Jitsi (it has background blur but not
> > replacement) by using OBS Studio, which does all this and much, much
> > more. With the plugin from media-video/obs-v4l2sink it creates a new
> > "camera" with its output. That's a standard-looking /dev/videoX device
> > and can be used with any software.
> > 
> > It's a bit of a sledgehammer to crack a nut just to get background
> > replacement bit it works well and I already had it installed from
> > something else.
> 
> Neil,
> 
> I don't have "media-video/obs-v4l2sink", I do have "media-video/obs-studio"
> 
> Is this a typo? Or are you using an overlay?
Never mind this, was added recently.

Which USE-flags did you use and is there a simple howto somewhere?

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Joost



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