Re: [RFC PATCH] media: Virtual camera driver

[Jarkko Sakkinen]

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 <oleksandr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:25:37 +0100
> > From: Oleksandr Natalenko <oleksandr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@xxxxxxxxxx>, linux-media@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, jani.nikula@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, anisse@xxxxxxxxx, Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxx>, Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xxxxxxxxxx>, Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jacopo Mondi <jacopo.mondi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, open list <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Message-ID: <13939245.uLZWGnKmhe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > 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