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I want to broadcast a local video file file.avi as if it were a webcam via a flash-based broadcasting system inside Google Chrome on a public website (a-la ustream).

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Lewis Goddard
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  • You probably would be able to use [`v4l2loopback`](https://github.com/umlaeute/v4l2loopback) or similar for this - also this question: http://askubuntu.com/questions/139239/fake-a-webcam-using-a-video-loopback-device – Wilf Oct 14 '14 at 21:24

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http://sourceforge.net/projects/webcamstudio/

Install and don't forget to run 

sudo chmod 666 /dev/video*

This will allow you to use avi, flv, gif, and other animation sources as a virtual webcam.

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Have you thought about using Google plus live streaming to do this? It's easy to stream anything in your hangouts and with a screen recording software you can stream any video file that you may have.

Check these instructions:

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