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Tmadel
Brass Contributor
Mar 31, 2020

Virtual Camera in Teams Meeting

I would like to use Teams to conduct some distance learning classes.  To provide a more professional experience, I am using OBS (Open Broadcast Software) to enhance the presentation and be able to sw...
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erimo
Copper Contributor
May 12, 2020

Can you confirm that screen sharing via Teams (sharing the video output screen of OBS or similar encoder software app like WIrecast) results in better image quality than virtual camera.Also when there are are 40+ participants in a meeting? Al_Gray 

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    erimo
    Copper Contributor
    May 13, 2020

    Thanks. Bernd Hermelingmeier 

    I meant: is sharing the screen the screen in Teams (fullscreen of OBS or other encoder software) is better quality than virtual camera output?

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      Kym_Dupuis
      Copper Contributor
      Aug 28, 2020
      Sharing a the obs "projector screen" is indeed working very well for me. Much better than virtual cam with the added benefit to control what goes on fullscreen, camera, content of more elaborate scenes..
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        Tmadel
        Brass Contributor
        Sep 08, 2020

        Kym_Dupuis I tried the projector route and mine still looks like crap in Teams.  It looks fine in preview and the projector mode.  Here is what it looks like in Teams:

         

        I ran the Webcam test on this site and here are the results:

         

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