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 2F4B33590C3; Mon, 2 Feb 2026 11:41:13 +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=1770032474; cv=none; b=FGAQztwb7nNcL5lh5b+vx7BINqSW6dBEvoe65CaMflquwknff48HD1QDlw6mMxvsH1WGLzqMix2ZJe1P+7pl6U2LW37fIvrpN/T1ub8cJwCUG6Orh/8UJuEwCv46tZGOMEMalkVToMauwDYc57lSdqR0oUtnktARZggX6YVpKkw= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1770032474; c=relaxed/simple; bh=MrjzcWn00//g9RHO/pScfMTyKrxPM72MZTQiOj3fNX4=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=T1q4eKZFApTghTeORXHXwswMUxvocFd4g358r0AI4xLX413ax7+wJ/uoExZUodxtF1HyHlabIhUBoA93XtO7pm8HTjRsRcWhZFxEp1rIP/HtNhXbkoxBPACyk9ACIPbC3gr8omVltTWZOl2litfrVAvNVIejlKuQMWQdaP4E4dk= 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=R88vGR1S; 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="R88vGR1S" 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 4435A492; Mon, 2 Feb 2026 12:40:31 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=ideasonboard.com; s=mail; t=1770032431; bh=MrjzcWn00//g9RHO/pScfMTyKrxPM72MZTQiOj3fNX4=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=R88vGR1S8VGe86LRQlRg/kszqE/KM0B/ZuCydAEtCT5Jv3b9YK6Y3CYohPjwARMzZ zpxcM73zFBcJX05RPHQpRI1Gbwd6F8cMxA430Xjc0UblRwABEYUPMs/YbGgUVfjs+2 ynfy7ePmTGT1MW/DK1uYH+Zt8nVuWyds8SaA/rhY= Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2026 13:41:10 +0200 From: Laurent Pinchart To: Oleksandr Natalenko Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab , 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: <20260202114110.GD3374091@killaraus> References: <20260201133342.335680-1-jarkko@kernel.org> <13939245.uLZWGnKmhe@natalenko.name> <20260202020214.2243acec@foz.lan> <3399673.44csPzL39Z@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: <3399673.44csPzL39Z@natalenko.name> On Mon, Feb 02, 2026 at 08:16:36AM +0100, Oleksandr Natalenko wrote: > On pondělí 2. února 2026 2:02:14, středoevropský standardní čas Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: > > > 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. > > I still don't get it how this will help with using a webcam from one > machine in google meet on another machine, sorry. I don't get it either :-) Please see my reply to Gergo in this mail thread for an example of how to create a virtual video source for PipeWire using GStreamer. -- Regards, Laurent Pinchart