av-forward: Stream webcam between a macOS host and a Linux guest
How to compile:
1. Run python ../tools/build.py process
2. Run python ../tools/build.py main
How to use:
On the host:
* You need ffmpeg installed .
Run ./av-forward.
In the guest:
* You need lsof, ffmpeg, pulseaudio, v4l2loopback-dkms, and v4l2loopback-utils installed.
Run `sudo ./av-forward`.
That's it! The webcam will automatically turn off and on, depending on whether the guest is actively using it.
Known problems: * There is a slight (~0.5 s) delay between the host and guest streams. This is very small, but it seems to be unavoidable
* The quality of the stream in the guest is usable, but isn't great (ie, the guest can only access a compressed version of the stream natively available to the host)