Set up Camlane on Windows, with the virtual camera and mic

Which file

File	When
camlane-desktop-windows-x86_64-setup.exe	Most people. Installs for your user and adds a Windows Firewall rule named Camlane for private and domain networks
.msi	Per-machine installs managed by IT. Doesn’t add the firewall rule
camlane-cli-windows-x86_64.zip	The command-line receiver, for headless machines and scripts

The installers aren’t code-signed yet, so SmartScreen may warn. To check a download before running it, compare its checksum with the builds page:

Get-FileHash .\camlane-desktop-windows-x86_64-setup.exe -Algorithm SHA256

The virtual camera (experimental)

Windows has no built-in virtual camera, so Camlane writes into the driver that OBS Studio installs.

• Install OBS Studio 30 or newer once. You don’t need to run it.
• Camlane starts the driver while a phone is connected and stops it when the phone disconnects.
• In your apps the camera is named OBS Virtual Camera. That’s Camlane’s picture on Windows.
• Don’t press Start Virtual Camera inside OBS at the same time: only one program can write to it.
• To use the phone inside OBS itself, OBS can’t read its own virtual camera. Run camlane-cli --preview-port 8089 and add http://127.0.0.1:8089/preview as a Browser or Media source.

If the camera isn’t listed, the app was probably open before the driver existed. Quit it fully (Zoom and Teams keep running in the tray) and open it again.

The microphone: VB-Cable

1. Install VB-Cable and restart if it asks.
2. In Camlane → Settings → Audio output, choose CABLE Input (VB-Audio Virtual Cable).
3. In your app, choose CABLE Output (VB-Audio Virtual Cable) as the microphone.

These two names are easy to swap: Camlane plays into CABLE Input, and apps listen to CABLE Output. To hear the phone yourself as well, open Windows Sound settings → Recording → CABLE Output → Listen to this device. If audio crackles, set VB-Cable to 48000 Hz on both its tabs.

Firewall

The .exe installer adds the firewall rule for you. If the phone still can’t connect, see the firewall guide. Windows blocks most incoming connections on networks marked Public, so set your Wi-Fi to Private in Settings → Network & internet → Wi-Fi → your network.