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From: "J. Roeleveld" <joost@××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] MS-Teams on XFCE4/Gentoo
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2020 08:17:32
Message-Id: 1757857.tdWV9SEqCh@eve
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] MS-Teams on XFCE4/Gentoo by Neil Bothwick
1 On Thursday, June 18, 2020 9:33:26 AM CEST Neil Bothwick wrote:
2 > On Thu, 18 Jun 2020 08:23:29 +0200, J. Roeleveld wrote:
3 > > Do take note, the Linux version is lacking several features that the
4 > > other "native" clients have. Notably:
5 > > - Only 4 camera-views at the same time (instead of 9, I believe)
6 > > - No background-blur or image
7 > >
8 > > This means, you only get to show your real background or leave the
9 > > camera off/ covered.
10 >
11 > I worked around this is Jitsi (it has background blur but not
12 > replacement) by using OBS Studio, which does all this and much, much
13 > more. With the plugin from media-video/obs-v4l2sink it creates a new
14 > "camera" with its output. That's a standard-looking /dev/videoX device
15 > and can be used with any software.
16 >
17 > It's a bit of a sledgehammer to crack a nut just to get background
18 > replacement bit it works well and I already had it installed from
19 > something else.
20
21 Neil,
22
23 I don't have "media-video/obs-v4l2sink", I do have "media-video/obs-studio"
24
25 Is this a typo? Or are you using an overlay?
26
27 --
28 Joost

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Re: [gentoo-user] MS-Teams on XFCE4/Gentoo "J. Roeleveld" <joost@××××××××.org>
Re: [gentoo-user] MS-Teams on XFCE4/Gentoo Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>