Microsoft Teams Video Camera Hack Trick

There may be the situation where the attendees have to attend the meeting without having the interest to join the meeting with turing the video on. For example, daily online class, daily office announcement meetings etc. In this case the attendees can use the simple trick using OBS to hack Teams Video.Below is the simple hack that you can use in Teams.

In the below demonstration, we will try loading the recorded video on the online Teams meeting.

Download the OBS Software from the link provided below and install it.

Ref Link: https://obsproject.com/download

Once Installation is complete open the OBS.

Record the video which you want to show during the team’s online session. You can record the video using default Laptop/desktop Camera or by using Mobile Camera.

I have saved the recorded session in the folder named Pictures >> Camera Roll

In the OBS app, inside the source category, click on the + sign as shown with the arrow. Now click on the Media Source.

Click OK

Now you have can locate the file path by clicking on the Browse option. If your video is short, then you can tick the loop option to repetitively run the video. Now, Click Ok

Once everything is ready, click on the Start Virtual Camera which is available in Controls section.

You can now join the meeting in Teams once the OBS setting is configured. But before clicking on Join Now, Click on settings.

Under the camera setting, choose OBS virtual camera. Choosing the OBS virtual camera will disable your primary camera and it will display the output of OBS Studio.

Turn on your video now you will see the recorded video is played. Now, Click Join Now

Now all the attendees will see the recorded video as we have shared the recorded video in OBS Studio and selected the OBS virtual Camera output in Teams.