Suppose your webcam is in /dev/video0.

  1. sudo apt-get install v4l2loopback-dkms

  2. sudo modprobe v4l2loopback

  3. Finally, when you need your webcam on Skype, just run this command:

    ffmpeg -i /dev/video0 -vcodec rawvideo -pix\_fmt yuv420p -threads 0 -f v4l2 /dev/video1