OBS is a Free and open source software tool for video recording and live streaming on Linux, Windows, or Mac. It is an excellent tool for organising input from any source and turning it into a professional-level stream or recording. In this video, I show you how to set up a killer OBS installation on Ubuntu Linux, and use it with a loopback webcam to stream into a videoconferencing application such as Zoom. While I use Zoom in the example, the same technique works for any video application that can make use of a webcam.
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