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I used to have a nice bash script I could call from my Nokia N900 that would pipe gstreamer over ssh, execute a script on the remote desktop PC to create a new video device and use the phone cam as a webcam.

Dangerous, root-level stuff but it worked a dream.

Can still do basically the same with SailfishOS, though for some reason you need to open an audio context before starting gstreamer first.

I've used DroidCam with mostly good results. (I think the last time I tried it out wouldn't work but previously it had worked well)

Droidcam pro was excellent to me.

Worked for me too!

The only downside was (on Arch) having to recompile to update the v4l2loopback_dc kernel module after ever kernel update.

I've since moved on to a regular webcam though.

I used Droidcam over USB for the past few months. To improve image quality I set up a virtual camera in OBS that would take the source from droidcam, allow me to add effects and then view it as a video input in zoom or similar programs.

I think I found that solution through a video by tuxfoo.