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Camera Freeze

Freeze a virtual camera using a hotkey. Made specifically to freeze a webcam during video calls on Linux.

Requirements

• Python 3
• v4l2loopback (and a virtual camera)

Installation

Note: This project uses the keyboard package which requires root privileges to work.

Ensure pip exists (if not already installed)

sudo venv/bin/python -m ensurepip

Install dependencies

sudo venv/bin/python -m pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

Run with default settings

Note: This will use /dev/video0 as the virtual camera and '#' as the hotkey.

sudo venv/bin/python camera_freeze.py

See available options

sudo venv/bin/python camera_freeze.py -h