Re: [RFC PATCH] media: Virtual camera driver

[Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>]

On Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:25:37 +0100
Oleksandr Natalenko <oleksandr@natalenko.name> wrote:

> Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:25:37 +0100
> From: Oleksandr Natalenko <oleksandr@natalenko.name>
> To: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
> Cc: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>, Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org>, linux-media@vger.kernel.org, jani.nikula@linux.intel.com, anisse@astier.eu, Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org>, Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@kernel.org>, Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@linux.intel.com>, Jacopo Mondi <jacopo.mondi@ideasonboard.com>, Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@chromium.org>, open list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
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> 
> On pondělí 2. února 2026 0:17:20, středoevropský standardní čas Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> > No. At the machine with the camera, obs can read from a V4L2 input,
> > generate a mpeg TS stream, and listen to a UDP port (for instance). 
> > 
> > At the remote machine, you can just pass the URL to ffmpeg.  
> 
> I can't, I have to feed the stream into Firefox somehow for it to see the stream as a virtual webcam.

Motioneye could be used on such scenario. It has a proper web
interface, allows multiple users to watch, has login control accepts
multiple cameras.

Thanks,
Mauro