napari-conference

A simple plugin that allows you to use napari + your webcam in video calls

Usage

1. Plugins>start conference
2. Check running checkbox
3. Press Update button to update any setting (and start/stop)

If things work in zoom but you don't show up, then make sure blur background is disabled.

Installation

Prerequisites

You will need to:

• follow pyvirtualcam's installation instructions: https://github.com/letmaik/pyvirtualcam#installation
• install napari from source to get the new async slicing updates

Note: I needed to install pyvirtualcam from source on my MacOS M1 with python=3.10.

[Not available on pypi yet] You can install napari-conference via pip:

pip install napari-conference

To install latest development version :

pip install git+https://github.com/kephale/napari-conference.git

Known Issues

• resizing the napari window while streaming causes a crash
• cannot be restarted after stopping the widget

Contributing

Contributions are very welcome. Tests can be run with tox, please ensure the coverage at least stays the same before you submit a pull request.

License

Distributed under the terms of the BSD-3 license, "napari-conference" is free and open source software

Issues

If you encounter any problems, please file an issue along with a detailed description.

This napari plugin was generated with Cookiecutter using @napari's cookiecutter-napari-plugin template.