Update mac virtualcam for streamlabs-desktop #649
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* remove legacy mac-virtualcam cmake files * change cmake to use com.streamlabs.slobs bundle to install virtual cam * add an option to bypass systemextension checks * add cmake files to camera-extension so it can be optionally downloaded and compiled externally outside of the OBS.app (for ex, desktop.app instead) * change bundle id into com.streamlabs.slobs for virtual camera
* remove the local CMakePresets.json which may cause confusion. It was basically a copy/paste * update shell script to reuse the main CMakePresets.json file
* upstream/obs-30.2 branch does not have this target. remove this target for now; it is breaking on the mac build agents which was recently updated.
This reverts commit d82f110.
This was referenced Jun 12, 2025
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Description
Updates the virtualcam included in obs30 to work with externally outside of OBS.app by configuring it with the
com.streamlabs.slobsbundle identifier and enabling the swift camera-extension to be downloaded and built by a different repo forcodesign.Motivation and Context
The former legacy DAL plugin was deprecated by Apple. Enabled the mac obs30 virtual camera to be used with Streamlabs Desktop. This way we are using the same implementation as obs.
I also changed the bundle id in some places into
com.streamlabs.slobs. It might be possible to revert this in the near future. For now, I enabled it so that we can install the system extension by running a locally codesigned SLOBS.app. After this feature is fully integrated into a codesigned Streamlabs Desktop.app build that change can be removed from most places. The mac-virtualcam plugin (native cpp code) and corresponding system extension will both obviously still need to use our streamlabs bundle id though.How Has This Been Tested?
VIRTUALCAM_BYPASS_SYSTEM_CHECKenvironment var (I updated cmake to look for this var when its building the project for xcode). Also tested within an app bundle but w/o codesign.Types of changes
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