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We need to load it using modprobe, and we’ll add some parameters to make it easier for us to identify it from inside programs like Zoom: Linux has a kernel driver called v4l2loopback that can do this for us. Think of it as a virtual camera, if you like.

You need to add a new video output to the system that Zoom can use to pull the video in from. This installs version 25.0.4-0obsproject3~bionic at time of writing. OBS Studio is available using APT in Ubuntu, so you can install it like this:

Zoom client for Linux version 3.5 (specifically 76.0301).

My setup involves the following components, which may materially affect the results: But at least you found out early, rather than wading through dozens of forum posts chasing a tantalising hint that ended up going nowhere. If you’re on a Debian derivative, this may work out for you, but if you’re on something like Arch it might be weirder. I’ll try to give you pointers for where to start looking for solutions if your problem involves Windows or Mac, but you won’t find the answer here.

This is not a discussion of how to use OBS Studio on Windows, or MacOS, any non-Ubuntu flavour of Linux, or anything else.

Update 19 July 2022: OBS Studio now supports virtual cameras without a plugin as of version 26.1.0. This post is a summary of the various steps I used to get OBS Studio working on Linux and piping video into Zoom. It works! And it wasn’t too hard to get working, but it also wasn’t simple and I had to hunt around a lot to figure out how to do it. I had the bright idea that I might like to use something like OBS Studio to make my video calls fancier.