Setup guide

Up and running in three steps.

VeBeGe adds a filtered copy of each camera you already have. You install it once, pick that copy inside Zoom, Meet, or Teams, and you are done. There are no settings to tune and nothing to open during a call.

Get VeBeGe, free How it works

The three steps

Install, pick, and join.

That is the whole setup. Each step below has a little more detail if you want it.

Install VeBeGe

Download VeBeGe and run it. It sets everything up on its own and starts straight away. There is no restart, and you will not be asked any questions along the way.

Pick the (VeBeGe) camera

In your video app's camera settings you will now see a second entry for each webcam, named the same as before with (VeBeGe) after it. Choose that one.

Join your call

That is it. Anyone who walks into shot behind you is quietly removed before the call ever sees them. Your choice is remembered, so every future call is already covered.

Where to find the camera

Look for your camera's name, plus (VeBeGe).

Open the camera or video menu in the app you use for calls and switch the camera to the (VeBeGe) version. If you have more than one webcam, each one gets its own filtered copy, so pick the copy of whichever camera you point at yourself.

Zoom: Settings, then Video, then Camera
Google Meet or Microsoft Teams: the camera menu in call settings
OBS, Discord, and other apps: wherever you normally choose a webcam

🎥 Your camera menu

🎛️ The VeBeGe tray menu

The tray icon

A quiet icon near your clock.

Once VeBeGe is running, a small icon sits in the system tray at the bottom of your screen. Right click it to see how many cameras were found and how many are ready with VeBeGe, to open the data folder, to visit this site, or to quit.

You do not need to touch it for everyday use. It is there when you want to check on things or turn VeBeGe off for a while.

What is happening

What VeBeGe is doing behind the scenes.

You do not need any of this to use VeBeGe, but here is what it is up to while it runs.

It keeps one filtered copy of each webcam ready, and updates the list as you plug cameras in or unplug them
It only opens a real camera while an app is actually streaming from it, so your camera light stays off the rest of the time
It learns the background of your room and puts that back in place where an uninvited person was
Everything runs on your own computer. Nothing is uploaded, and there is no account to create

If something is off

Troubleshooting.

A few quick answers for the most common questions.

I do not see the (VeBeGe) camera in my app

Close the video app fully and open it again, since most apps only read the camera list when they start. If it is still missing, check that the VeBeGe icon is present in the system tray, which means it is running.

The camera light stays off

That is on purpose. VeBeGe only turns the real camera on while an app is streaming from the (VeBeGe) copy. Once you are in a call and that camera is selected, the light comes on as usual.

I plugged in a new webcam

Nothing to do. VeBeGe notices new cameras and removed ones on its own and keeps a matching (VeBeGe) copy for each. Reopen your video app so it picks up the new entry.

How do I turn it off?

Right click the tray icon and choose Quit to stop it for now, or just switch your app back to the plain camera without (VeBeGe) in the name.