I recently bought a full HD webcam and I'm running into some troubles using it on Ubuntu 19.10. The main issue is that I get very low fps (about 5-7) unless I run the webcam on relatively low resolutions.
I first tried using guvcview after reading this question, but I was still having low fps issues for some reason, and following the steps in this video didn't help (even trying to find my own ideal exposure).
I then decided to use OBS which solved the fps issue on my computer, but then when I tried to use the magic OBS was doing for Skype it didn't work... I followed the steps to install v4l2loopback and obs-v4l2sink, updated the solution to get Skype to recognise the virtual device for the current version of gstreamer and so ended up with this code to start the video signal (/dev/video2 is the device created by sudo modprobe v4l2loopback):
gst-launch-1.0 videotestsrc ! videoconvert ! video/x-raw,format=YUY2 ! v4l2sink device=/dev/video2
However Skype still doesn't recognise my device... I don't really know anything about gstreamer or anything really so it is quite possible I made a stupid mistake, would really appreciate if someone could point it out! I'm also open to any solutions to the general problem of "getting my webcam to have a good fps" :)
Small extra detail: VLC is fine with the virtual device before the gstreamer command, and after the gstreamer command VLC shows me some weird flashing multicolour rectangles.
