Use Zoom's Virtual Background with Discord/Google Meet/Skype/LINE

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Use Zoom's Virtual Background with Discord/Google Meet/Skype/LINE

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Apr 16, 2023 8:44 PM

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🤔 Problem:

How can one use Zoom's superior virtual background options with Discord/Google Meet/Skype/LINE, on a Mac?

💡 Solution:

Download and install OBS (which will provide the "virtual camera" for us here)
Enable OBS permission to record Zoom:

Settings → Security & Privacy → Screen Recording and checking the box for OBS

Open Zoom, set up virtual background as you'd like, and start a meeting by yourself
Open OBS and add "Windows Capture" as an input source

Create New → Choose Zoom Meeting as the Window in the dropdown

Adjust Zoom window as you'd like in OBS (I like to make it larger so that you don't see the Zoom control buttons)
Click Start Virtual Camera

Discord:

Settings → Voice & Video → Video Settings → Choosse OBS Virtual Camera in Camera dropdown
If you don't see OBS Virtual Camera as an option, "fix" Discord by entering below in terminal.app:

sudo codesign --remove-signature /Applications/Discord.app/Contents/Frameworks/Discord\ Helper\ (GPU).app /Applications/Discord.app/Contents/Frameworks/Discord\ Helper\ (Plugin).app /Applications/Discord.app/Contents/Frameworks/Discord\ Helper\ (Renderer).app /Applications/Discord.app/Contents/Frameworks/Discord\ Helper.app

Other Apps:

I tested this and it works with Google Meet, Skype, and LINE.
This system should theoretically work with any video chat/conferencing systems that accept virtual cameras.

🌊 Flow Club:

Sadly it seems to use too much CPU this way and is unusably laggy ☹️ XSplit VCam does work but it doesn't render the "edges" as nicely as Zoom...

🙏 Credit:

NeoCryptor's ★ NO GREEN SCREEN NO PROBLEM - OBS LIFE HACK video for the idea of using Zoom and OBS together
These OBS forum threads for solving Mac-specific problems: