Using a Fujifilm Camera as a Webcam

How to use your XT1/2/3/4 fujifilm camera as webcam for your ubuntu 22.04.

This is a simple guide to use your fujifilm camera as a webcam.

Installation:

sudo apt-get install gphoto2 v4l2loopback-utils v4l2loopback-dkms ffmpeg

modprobe setup

sudo modprobe -r v4l2loopback
sudo modprobe v4l2loopback exclusive_caps=1 max_buffers=2 

check video sources

ls -l /dev/video* 

Make sure there is no gphoto process already running:

ps aux | grep gphoto 

check is camera is detected by gphoto2:

gphoto2 --auto-detect 

start the webcam

gphoto2 --stdout --capture-movie | ffmpeg -i - -vcodec rawvideo -pix_fmt yuv420p -threads 0 -f v4l2 /dev/video2 

Note: Huge thanks to : https://medium.com/nerdery/dslr-webcam-setup-for-linux-9b6d1b79ae22