Loop a webcam video into Zoom on Mac.
Record once. Zoom plays it back like it's live.
The most reliable way to make Zoom show a recorded clip of you instead of your live webcam: install MeetingDouble, record a 60-second loop of yourself, and pick MeetingDouble in Zoom's camera dropdown. Zoom treats it like any physical camera. The loop runs invisibly seam-blended; the participant gallery sees you 'paying attention'.
- Works in Zoom 5.x and 6.x
- · Webinars and breakout rooms
- · Survives reboots
Stare at the lens like you’re listening hard.
Why route a loop through a virtual camera instead of sharing a video file?
Zoom doesn't let you point its camera at a .mov file directly. Every guide that promises 'play a video as your Zoom webcam' is really telling you to install a virtual camera and feed it the video. MeetingDouble is that virtual camera, but it skips the loose-video step — you record the loop inside the app from your own webcam, and the app plays it for you with seam-hiding.
Three steps. Then walk away.
- 1Step 01
Install MeetingDouble and approve the extension
Download the DMG, drag to Applications, open it once so macOS shows the prompt to enable the AwayFace virtual camera. Approve in System Settings → Privacy & Security → System Extensions. One-time.
- 2Step 02
Record your 60-second loop
Click the menubar icon, hit Start. Sit and look at the camera like you're listening. MeetingDouble finds a head-neutral frame, blends a five-frame seam, saves the loop.
- 3Step 03
Pick MeetingDouble in Zoom's camera dropdown
Open Zoom → Settings → Video → Camera. Choose 'MeetingDouble' instead of FaceTime HD or Continuity Camera. Zoom remembers the selection across restarts because MeetingDouble is a real system camera.
Why this approach beats every other 'loop video into Zoom' workaround.
Not screen-sharing a video window
Sharing a QuickTime window as your camera is the old hack. It's lossy, breaks aspect ratio, and Zoom shows the 'screen-sharing' indicator. MeetingDouble registers as a normal camera — no indicator.
Not OBS with a media source
You can wire OBS to loop a video file and pipe it through OBS Virtual Camera. Works, but you're booting OBS for every meeting and the seam between repeats is visible. MeetingDouble's seam crossfade is built in.
Not a paid streaming studio
Streamlabs, Ecamm Live, Mmhmm all do this and charge $10-25 per month. MeetingDouble is $129 once. The math gets favourable fast.
Not a Zoom-only thing
Same camera selection works in Meet, Teams, Discord, browser-based calls, FaceTime. One loop, one setup, every meeting tool.
Things people ask before they buy.
Does Zoom detect this and warn other participants?
No. Zoom does not currently distinguish virtual cameras from physical ones. MeetingDouble appears in Zoom's camera enumeration as a normal CMIO device.
Can I use my own .mov video instead of recording in-app?
Not in v0.1 — MeetingDouble's recorder is the only supported way to make a loop, because the seam-blender expects raw frames it captured. Custom-loop import is on the roadmap.
Will the loop play during Zoom recordings and webinars?
Yes. Anything that captures a camera feed on Mac captures MeetingDouble's output — Zoom cloud recording, local recording, Webinars, breakout rooms, Zoom Rooms on Mac.
What about Zoom's 'Touch Up My Appearance' and beauty filters?
They run on top of MeetingDouble's output, same as any other camera. The combination is, in our testing, very flattering.
What if I want to interrupt the loop and come back live?
Cmd+Shift+A toggles between live and loop. Use it the moment someone says your name.
Setup guides and platform pages.
$129. Once. That's the price.
Single payment. Lifetime updates. 14-day refund. Works in Zoom, Meet, Teams, and anything else that asks Mac for a camera.