linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH] media: Virtual camera driver

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Message-ID: <3399673.44csPzL39Z@natalenko.name>
Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2026 08:16:36 +0100
From: Oleksandr Natalenko <oleksandr@...alenko.name>
To: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>
Cc: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
 Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>, linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
 jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com, anisse@...ier.eu,
 Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
 Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@...nel.org>,
 Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>,
 Jacopo Mondi <jacopo.mondi@...asonboard.com>,
 Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@...omium.org>,
 open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] media: Virtual camera driver

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.

-- 
Oleksandr Natalenko, MSE
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