Hackaday [Unofficial]3d ago

Linux Fu: Fake Webcams, GUI Edition

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/06/03/linux-fu-fake-webcams-gui-edition/

133d ago
Linux Fu: Fake Webcams, GUI Edition https://hackaday.com/2026/06/03/linux-fu-fake-webcams-gui-edition/
#LinuxHacks #VideoHacks #Akvcam #Linux #V4l2loopback #Webcam #Webcamoid
Linux Fu: Fake Webcams, GUI Edition

Previously, I looked at using the Linux video loopback system from the command line. The basic trick was simple enough: capture video from a real camera, process it with something like ffmpeg, and …

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13May 28
Linux Fu: Fake Webcams Have Many Uses https://hackaday.com/2026/05/28/linux-fu-fake-webcams-have-many-uses/
#LinuxHacks #VideoHacks #Ffmpeg #Linux #Video #Video4linux #Webcam
Linux Fu: Fake Webcams Have Many Uses

Dealing with text streams is a fundamental skill for the Linux power user. You can sort, merge, and search text files easily from the command line. What if you could do the same thing with video? W…

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Hackaday [Unofficial]May 11

Hacked Video File Holds Multiple Films On YouTube

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/05/10/hacked-video-file-holds-multiple-films-on-youtube/

Hacked Video File Holds Multiple Films On YouTube

We notice there are a lot of hacks on YouTube lately, but we don’t share enough hacks about YouTube. That’s why [PortalRunner]’s latest oeuvre is interesting: it’s a video t…

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13May 11
Hacked Video File Holds Multiple Films On YouTube https://hackaday.com/2026/05/10/hacked-video-file-holds-multiple-films-on-youtube/
#VideoHacks #1080pvideo #Digitalvideo #Videoediting #Youtube
Hacked Video File Holds Multiple Films On YouTube

We notice there are a lot of hacks on YouTube lately, but we don’t share enough hacks about YouTube. That’s why [PortalRunner]’s latest oeuvre is interesting: it’s a video t…

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Hackaday [Unofficial]Mar 26

Testing Severely Neglected VHS Tapes and CDs

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/03/25/testing-severely-neglected-vhs-tapes-and-cds/

13Mar 26
Testing Severely Neglected VHS Tapes and CDs https://hackaday.com/2026/03/25/testing-severely-neglected-vhs-tapes-and-cds/
#VideoHacks #Durability #Physicalmedia #VHS #Vhstape
Testing Severely Neglected VHS Tapes And CDs

Physical media has a certain amount of durability associated with it, a quality which is naturally determined by the way that they’re stored. Generally this does not involve being abandoned o…

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13Mar 18
CorridorKey is What You Get When Artists Make AI Tools https://hackaday.com/2026/03/18/corridorkey-is-what-you-get-when-artists-make-ai-tools/
#ArtificialIntelligence #VideoHacks #Artificialneuralnetwork #Chromakey #Greenscreen #Machinelearning #Videoeffects
CorridorKey Is What You Get When Artists Make AI Tools

You may not have noticed, but so-called “artificial intelligence” is slightly controversial in the arts world. Illustrators, graphics artists, visual effects (VFX) professionals —…

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13Mar 7
The Tragic Demise of the Technirama Prism-Based Anamorphic Lens https://hackaday.com/2026/03/07/the-tragic-demise-of-the-technirama-prism-based-anamorphic-lens/
#Digitalcamerashacks #Reviews #VideoHacks #Anamorphiclens #Prism
The Tragic Demise Of The Technirama Prism-Based Anamorphic Lens

Although to the average person a camera lens is just that bit of glass you stick on the front of the camera to make stuff appear in focus, there’s a whole wide world out there of lens designs…

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Hackaday [Unofficial]Mar 7

The Tragic Demise of the Technirama Prism-Based Anamorphic Lens

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/03/07/the-tragic-demise-of-the-technirama-prism-based-anamorphic-lens/