From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (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 417B533A029; Mon, 2 Feb 2026 09:05:52 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1770023152; cv=none; b=VEOhgBUmkptneYi4FDsAPjSjugOaBcRbFCgiSklpOD/VCY+8Ituike520/5SEXamAX6EoAiajhA34GcHTMj8Lp2INBYZQNL8NN40dVsOr7Dba47cBDcV1pAEbChBxH+emPJoJ/paN8kD7o7+NhZf/Qaa3FTgfmFi1YS91Ey11FE= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1770023152; c=relaxed/simple; bh=WtroFsQn4+1gRHCnyVeCu5RypXl1fF2jLiojNp47JUU=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=hqMidyR+bvOueRhRzfLLVOzbdbdkP1uzCMU4BN9knDkiZ31etIaW7FOI48cgspHzrmPWR8voGRHirYWkzW0n8DjlZ2v1xtxBC765pKCU4a+IFdf2AuNNOU1suLzXgmhAHwOvyy6EIdvs/b9K0Dg2hGorqWqNWv0zIUKVc+Mbx0M= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=ps15s4dl; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="ps15s4dl" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8422EC116C6; Mon, 2 Feb 2026 09:05:51 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1770023151; bh=WtroFsQn4+1gRHCnyVeCu5RypXl1fF2jLiojNp47JUU=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=ps15s4dldUI8blOwn3BlIoajbywt2bICQ99S5wbHvozLPZ4j3CW0GK/qnHrCmUiY0 wsDYJYA45XskAgUwg5b+MHqEjsi2MQmqRPHGRi43jpJofSb8iYAH3pzkI/kPOcw77v M2NfvHRquc7hJS8W0sGOZMdEF2qToDIXVSASUIWIrIAzhUfgDAapjD+9s+XmRWNNEz oK0APPuBV/UTi8302jKKcbbp1PQLxUsTm+gnbIAXBMdw6Dz3Zh3aQdJ5hdRc63hwqu 5mpgV/M/x65j9ME0a6p+9WEyl/L0nmNgUWh4sBnlod/1JLdAtc/zBholcIdAR6BI2p SoG17VP5cmg5A== Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2026 11:05:47 +0200 From: Jarkko Sakkinen To: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Cc: Oleksandr Natalenko , Laurent Pinchart , 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: References: <20260201133342.335680-1-jarkko@kernel.org> <5073898.31r3eYUQgx@natalenko.name> <20260202001704.2419778a@foz.lan> <13939245.uLZWGnKmhe@natalenko.name> <20260202020214.2243acec@foz.lan> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@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: <20260202020214.2243acec@foz.lan> On Mon, Feb 02, 2026 at 02:02:14AM +0100, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: > On Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:25:37 +0100 > Oleksandr Natalenko wrote: > > > Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:25:37 +0100 > > From: Oleksandr Natalenko > > To: Mauro Carvalho Chehab > > Cc: Laurent Pinchart , 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 > > Message-ID: <13939245.uLZWGnKmhe@natalenko.name> > > > > 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. When proposed workarounds move in the area of motion detection systems it feels like there was a competion who invents the most impractical solution for a practical real-world problem out in the wild. > > Thanks, > Mauro BR, Jarkko