You can bring your webcam into OBS and then output into Zoom using the “Virtual Webcam” option. So, the easiest way to get started is to start with video. Want to record and stream your Zoom conference on YouTube and Facebook using OBS? Well, you are going to need the audio from your Zoom guests into OBS to do that properly. Want to play a video clip and have everyone see it in Zoom? Sure, you could use the Screen Share feature, but it’s much cleaner to manage everything in Zoom. Next, why would you want to connect your Zoom audio through OBS? First of all, in OBS you can enhance your audio with VST2 plugins and you can mix together multiple sources of audio and output that into Zoom.

You can use this to use lower thirds, show overlays, mix together multiple sources, display countdown timers and much more.

In this way, your webcam source in Zoom can have all kinds of awesome video sources that you can manage in OBS. First of all, why would you want to connect OBS and Zoom? By connecting OBS to Zoom with video you can use the virtual webcam feature of OBS to power Zoom.

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