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    "byline": "umlaeute",
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    "excerpt": "This module allows you to create \"virtual video devices\".\nNormal (v4l2) applications will read these devices as if they were ordinary\nvideo devices, but the video will not be read from e.g. a capture card but\ninstead it is generated by another application.\nThis allows you for instance to apply some nifty video effects on your\nSkype video...\nIt also allows some more serious things (e.g. I've been using it to add\nstreaming capabilities to an application by the means of hooking GStreamer into\nthe loopback devices).",
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    "title": ""
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