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erfanjoker

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From: Tabriz / Iran

Registered: 2017-03-26

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Use iPhone as Webcam for Arch Linux

Hello guys, i was wondering if there is a proper way of using iphone's camera as a video input device for arch linux ?

i have seen some camera apps that share realtime video using wifi and we can access the realtime video of camera from an address in our browser on our router and etc, but im looking for a proper way of doing this, i want it to be detected as video input or as video source so that i can use it in OBS Studio as video input and apply some Chromekey effects or etc.

i would be happy to see your resoponses.

progandy

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Registered: 2012-05-17

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Re: Use iPhone as Webcam for Arch Linux

If it is shared as a video stream, then you should be able to use its URL in OBS maybe as media source or VLC video source.

Or https://obs.camera/ with obs-ndi

Last edited by progandy (2019-10-19 13:55:58)

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erfanjoker

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From: Tabriz / Iran

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Re: Use iPhone as Webcam for Arch Linux

is there any free alternative to obs camera for iphone ?

progandy

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Registered: 2012-05-17

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Re: Use iPhone as Webcam for Arch Linux

Any app that makes a network camera available should work. The first results of this search sound useful:
https://fnd.io/#/us/search?mediaType=ios&term=webcam

EpocCam should be usable with obs-ndi
Mini WebCam should provide a simple video stream you can receive with VLC.

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arsh$linox

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Registered: 2021-08-31

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Re: Use iPhone as Webcam for Arch Linux

Got DroidCam working with my iPhone. It is supposed to work with Android too. It works in the in the web browser and in OBS. I couldn't get the app to work, however. No wired connection either just wifi.

mahak.sangwan

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Registered: 2026-06-05

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Re: Use iPhone as Webcam for Arch Linux

To anyone struggling to get DroidCam OBS extension to detect your iPhone as a USB device, you probably have OBS installed as a flatpak which runs in a sandbox environment and doesn't have access to usbmuxd (You can verify that by running:

flatpak run -v com.obsproject.Studio

and look for any Warnings/Errors when you refresh the device list).

Anyway, run the below command to fix this shit:

flatpak override --user --filesystem=/run/usbmuxd --filesystem=/var/lib/lockdown:ro --env=USBMUXD_SOCKET_ADDRESS=UNIX:/run/usbmuxd com.obsproject.Studio

Hope that helps : )

WorMzy

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Re: Use iPhone as Webcam for Arch Linux

Mod note: Closing this old topic.

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