#Fake Webcam #Using your screen as a webcam input device #install drivers and tools sudo apt install v4l2loopback-utils #Load Module/Driver sudo modprobe v4l2loopback #capture screen and pipe it to your video device ffmpeg -f x11grab -r 15 -s 1920x1080 -i :0.0+0,0 -vcodec rawvideo -pix_fmt yuv420p -threads 0 -f v4l2 /dev/video0 #now you should be able use it with software that uses Video/Webcam input. #Note: Cheese doesn't seem to like it. guvcview mpv av://v4l2:/dev/video0 ##############Video file to Web Cam############### #note here will be no sound from the video ffmpeg -re -i input.mp4 -map 0:v -f v4l2 /dev/video0