Syphon Virtual Camera Not Sending Picture to OBS Virtual Camera

[Woland]

@evildraco1

Could you please follow each of my steps one by one and then report back what happens for you in step 9 so that I can confirm that you're not doing anything differently than I did?

[evildraco1]

@woland I don't use Isadora and never have... I use Qlab.  I have followed all of the steps with Qlab ad when I click "OBS Virtual Camera" from the list of video sources, it just shows the blue OBS logo, not the actual picture that appears in Syphon Virtual Camera 

[Woland]

@evildraco1

Very strange. I've never heard of being able to see the content from the Syphon source in Syphon Virtual Webcam just fine, but not being able to see the content when you select Syphon Virtual Webcam (which shows up as  "OBS Virtual Camera") as a video source in another application like Zoom.

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@evildraco1 said: Tried uninstalling and reinstalling OBS, Syphon Virtual Camera, Zoom, etc. and now I can't even get the Syphon Virtual Camera application to do anything when it opens.  (The app appears in the dock but nothing appears on the screen.)

So I take it that this is no longer the case? What changed between your original post and this one:

@evildraco1 said: the actual picture that appears in Syphon Virtual Camera 

that you started being able to see Syphon Virtual Webcam showing your QLab content in itself but not in Zoom?

[evildraco1]

@woland I don't have a "Syphon Virtual Webcam" option in Zoom, only an "OBS Virtual Webcam"

[Woland]

@evildraco1

Yes, that's what it shows up as in Zoom.

[jfg]

I have the same behaviour with Syphon Virtual Webcam and Zoom. A workaround is Isadora syphon out > Syphon-Client in OBS > start virtual Camera in OBS > Zoom/OBS Virtual Camera

Best regards, 

Jean-François 

[Woland]

@jfg @evildraco1 What version of Zoom and version of macOS are you working with? I'm using Zoom 5.16.2

@jfg @evildraco1 What computer are you using for this? 

@jfg What version of macOS are you using for this? (I know evildraco1 is using Ventura 13.5.1.)

[jfg]

@woland said:

@jfg @evildraco1 What version of Zoom and version of macOS are you working with? I'm using Zoom 5.16.2
@jfg @evildraco1 What computer are you using for this? 
@jfg What version of macOS are you using for this? (I know evildraco1 is using Ventura 13.5.1.)

Zoom Version: 5.16.2 (23409)

MacBook Pro M1 Max

Ventura 13.6

[mark]

@jfg

Did you follow this procedure from the Syphon Virtual Webcam read me file?

Not Working with Zoom?

Some users reported that Syphon Virtual Webcam did not work with Zoom. The following procedure seemed to solve the problem for them.

1. Quit all applications.
2. In Finder, choose Go > Go to Folder... In the dialog that appears, enter /Library/CoreMediaIO/Plug-Ins/DAL/ and click "Go"
3. In the folder that appears, delete obs-mac-virtualcam.plugin and then empty the trash
4. Delete Zoom from the Applications folder
5. Ensure that in the Apple System Preferences, Security & Privacy > General > Allow Apps Downloaded From says "App Store and Identified Developers"
6. Install Zoom (Version 5.1.2 or later)
7. Run Syphon Virtual Webcam -- it should automatically ask you to install the OBS Virtual Camera driver. Follow the instructions to download and install the OBS Virtual Camera Plugin.  (If it doesn't automatically ask you to install the plugin, try choosing Install OBS Virtual Camera Plugin from the Help menu instead.) 
8. Reboot your computer
9. Open QuickTime Player and choose File > New Movie Recording.
10. Click the little triangle near the record button to show the available video input devices. If you see OBS Virtual Camera, select it. (If not, then something has gone wrong. See Questions below.)
11. After selecting OBS Virtual Camera in the popup, you should see the OBS Virtual Camera test pattern.
12. If that succeeds, open Zoom and try to select OBS Virtual Camera as the video input.
13. If that succeeds, run Syphon Virtual Webcam and feed it a Syphon video stream. You should be good to go.

Best Wishes,
Mark

[jfg]

@mark said:

Run Syphon Virtual Webcam -- it should automatically ask you to install the OBS Virtual Camera driver. Follow the instructions to download and install the OBS Virtual Camera Plugin.  (If it doesn't automatically ask you to install the plugin, try choosing Install OBS Virtual Camera Plugin from the Help menu instead.) 

 it doesn't ask automatically and when I choose Install OBS Virtual Camera the syphon Virtual Webcam crashes. I have reload from TT Website the Syphon Virtual Webcam, reinstall it with the same result. By trying to install: crash.

I am on Sonoma, MacBookPro M1 Max

Best regards, 

Jean-François

PS: yet nothing work at all. IN Isadora and OBS no more OBS Virtual camera

[Armando]

@jfg I had the same problem under Ventura