How to make fake webcam effect using video without having webcam?

I don't have webcam. but just for fun in Gmail video chat and in skype i want to run a video as a webcam is it possible.

How gmail video chat and skype can play a video as webcam

Any trick or Windows XP 32 bit, portable freeware needed.

metal gear solid

Posted 2010-03-02T12:29:35.827

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Video to Webcam ( http://www.brothersoft.com/video-to-webcam-243925.html) could make as a virtual webcam, but sadly, it's not free :(

– Ye Lin Aung – 2010-03-02T12:37:17.443

YAWCAM claims to have this feature, and is free, but unfortunately requires Java... – user56reinstatemonica8 – 2017-04-04T22:15:14.190

Answers

ManyCam? http://www.manycam.com/ (freeware)

R-D

Posted 2010-03-02T12:29:35.827

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can we emulate webcam with this. have u tried this. it just adds cool graphics to webcam not run video file as a webcam – metal gear solid – 2010-03-02T18:02:54.923

1I have never used it myself, but have seen others using it to display videos as a webcam. – R-D – 2010-03-03T09:33:49.303

It works. Also see http://blog.manycam.com/?p=6 to remove the watermark.

– Blorgbeard is out – 2010-03-17T09:34:23.783

In recent versions you can't remove the watermark without paying, but it's much smaller and less obtrusive than in other alternatives (logo in bottom right instead of across the middle) – user56reinstatemonica8 – 2017-04-05T00:20:31.213

As far as I know (and you may also have noticed) all virtual webcam programs for Windows cost money. Among many others, Magic Camera is shareware, though, so you can try it for free.

WebCam Studio is free but only for GNU/Linux.

Jawa

Posted 2010-03-02T12:29:35.827

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If you are on linux you could try v4l2loopback with mplayer. It’s all free software. Detailed instructions in my answer to this question.

erik

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