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The OP writes, "ManyCam is a software that does several things, I needed it to be able to use a webcam in two applications at the same time.". I believe the free and open source OBS studio does this. I understand this is not the main point of the article.

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Yeah, this is where I’m completely lost. You don’t need to do much use a webcam in two applications at the same time. If you want some additional features VLC can handle it easily. If you want the bells and whistles then OBS. All FOSS.

So I don’t understand the value add - is it used for more than is being described, or if there’s legitimately a piece of software that does something so trivial yet people are actually paying for it.

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