An OBS preview is a useful rehearsal space for an avatar feed, but it is not proof that a meeting participant sees the same output. Treat rehearsal and delivery as separate tests.
Start with a new scene containing only the intended avatar source. Keep streaming and recording stopped while you arrange it. Fit the source to the canvas, then inspect whether the aspect ratio stretches the face or crops normal movement. A source that looks tidy in its own browser window can be misframed inside a different canvas.
Record a short local clip with speech, a slow head turn, and a few seconds of stillness. Replay the file rather than relying on the moving preview. Listen for accidental duplicate microphone capture and watch for overlays that should not reach a work call.
If you plan to send OBS Virtual Camera into a meeting app, start that output and select it in a private test meeting. Confirm the scene with a colleague before joining a larger call. The receiving app may crop or mirror its self-view differently.
LiveSwap is a browser-based avatar camera that can be part of this workflow. Keep a clean rehearsal scene so you can evaluate the output without broadcasting your experiments.
