From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from perceval.ideasonboard.com (perceval.ideasonboard.com [213.167.242.64]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2DD642192EE; Sun, 1 Feb 2026 20:41:23 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=213.167.242.64 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1769978486; cv=none; b=dkRuLpm5UAjkb6Jc4BMwksoy6CG7AnoHdZdicH2gGPNXrE2UxZxtBIwhBqf4Y0hO0L5Zzjnokyl4Iwud6TfqpsepxdEGr9eprRP5QqsaiIGFfuKMNFsJmljH0v2Hk6sJpa+l4A1mVfjsc7FxJxoPZ7dGHeuKyqm+AQYidqIbUvU= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1769978486; c=relaxed/simple; bh=O5MqS4DeuIAmbItW7mmllta3y0tvBMxaWaJG7iM66EE=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=CDQpg/tuMpt1LQNvUwzGdkQH5M4DaYrd0nW5IsmcKuBfFPHHdjNYnZSMkjlmzWuO3Li/ulS+2a+5lwQMO55+cOQZIawfnbI8plaVnFUK2hJy5ohDv1KA9FiG1TYQ0VS0r5r5lleq/wSUSn7wAn8hG8+53EULSaKnc5xB2+Aot8Q= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=ideasonboard.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=ideasonboard.com; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=ideasonboard.com header.i=@ideasonboard.com header.b=hSS6NVve; arc=none smtp.client-ip=213.167.242.64 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=ideasonboard.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=ideasonboard.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=ideasonboard.com header.i=@ideasonboard.com header.b="hSS6NVve" Received: from killaraus.ideasonboard.com (2001-14ba-703d-e500--2a1.rev.dnainternet.fi [IPv6:2001:14ba:703d:e500::2a1]) by perceval.ideasonboard.com (Postfix) with UTF8SMTPSA id 8D752492; Sun, 1 Feb 2026 21:40:41 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=ideasonboard.com; s=mail; t=1769978441; bh=O5MqS4DeuIAmbItW7mmllta3y0tvBMxaWaJG7iM66EE=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=hSS6NVve64ayVMS+JNO8f44F2ZuQh/BdtVlwOm0nTdYJ/8voY37KuxtYtjBj+9M+B eOGTPsBk3TIBYCabzT2cpSbIrvTV/qMGo7xbz8ptNs41a66kkLDjNu6lzYFU5PYeU/ YAfQ/8KP1c/zzM1cqEi8QszuavY2oXo3BnF4+Ogs= Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2026 22:41:20 +0200 From: Laurent Pinchart To: Oleksandr Natalenko Cc: Jarkko Sakkinen , linux-media@vger.kernel.org, jani.nikula@linux.intel.com, anisse@astier.eu, Mauro Carvalho Chehab , Hans Verkuil , Sakari Ailus , Jacopo Mondi , Ricardo Ribalda , open list Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] media: Virtual camera driver Message-ID: <20260201204120.GY3374091@killaraus> References: <20260201133342.335680-1-jarkko@kernel.org> <12828248.O9o76ZdvQC@natalenko.name> <20260201202200.GX3374091@killaraus> <5045000.GXAFRqVoOG@natalenko.name> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-media@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <5045000.GXAFRqVoOG@natalenko.name> On Sun, Feb 01, 2026 at 09:27:30PM +0100, Oleksandr Natalenko wrote: > On neděle 1. února 2026 21:22:00, středoevropský standardní čas Laurent Pinchart wrote: > > > My use-case for v4l2loopback is to stream a webcam from one machine to > > > another (with the help of ffmpeg). Is this covered by something other > > > than v4l2loopback now? > > > > On the transmitting side I assume you don't use v4l2loopback. On the > > receiving side, the recommened option is PipeWire. > > Yes, v4l2loopback is on the receiving side. Would you please be able > to share a manual for solving this with PipeWire only? The basic idea is that you need an application that receives data over the network and feeds it into PipeWire, the same way you would do with v4l2loopback. GStreamer should be an easy option, using the gstpipewiresink element. I haven't tested that personally though, so I don't have detailed instructions. -- Regards, Laurent Pinchart