I can't start the virtual camera in OBS - ubuntu (framework 13)

Framework Laptop 13 Linux
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I moved to apt because that is what the OBS recommends for ubuntu here.

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Not suggesting you go to Flatpak just saying mine works out of the box installing just those two things.

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So I finally figured it out. The necessary kernel module was not loaded. I just had to load it manually:

$ sudo modprobe v4l2loopback

And that’s it. Start obs and the virtual camera and you will have a new video device that you can use in your applications.

So much troubleshoot for such an easy fix.