Did you know you can easily turn any video from Youtube into a background for Zoom (Version 4.6.4+) using a simple command-line tool called Youtube-DL. One of my favorite videos is The Traveling Bird Feeder so I will use it for this example.
- Install Youtube-dl:
brew install youtube-dl
- Then fingerprint the video:
youtube-dl -F https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vu72ja_mGME
- Then download any video larger than 640×360:
youtube-dl -f 18 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsN_9a257rM
- Go to Zoom preferences and add the video you just downloaded and amuse your coworkers:
