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I don't have webcam. but just for fun in Gmail video chat and in skype i want to run a video as a webcam is it possible.

How gmail video chat and skype can play a video as webcam

Any trick or Windows XP 32 bit, portable freeware needed.

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Video to Webcam ( brothersoft.com/video-to-webcam-243925.html) could make as a virtual webcam, but sadly, it's not free :( – Ye Lin Aung Mar 2 '10 at 12:37

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As far as I know (and you may also have noticed) all virtual webcam programs for Windows cost money. Among many others, Magic Camera is shareware, though, so you can try it for free.

WebCam Studio is free but only for GNU/Linux.

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ManyCam? http://www.manycam.com/ (freeware)

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can we emulate webcam with this. have u tried this. it just adds cool graphics to webcam not run video file as a webcam – metal gear solid Mar 2 '10 at 18:02
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I have never used it myself, but have seen others using it to display videos as a webcam. – Roald van Doorn Mar 3 '10 at 9:33
It works. Also see blog.manycam.com/?p=6 to remove the watermark. – Blorgbeard Mar 17 '10 at 9:34
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If you are on linux you could try v4l2loopback with mplayer. It’s all free software. Detailed instructions in my answer to this question.

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