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Play webcam

Play localy

$ mplayer tv:// -tv driver=v4l2:width=640:height=480:device=/dev/video0 -fps 30

$ dd if=/dev/video0 | mplayer tv://device=/dev/stdin

Play from remote PC

$ ssh 10.8.0.30 ffmpeg -an -f video4linux2 -s 640x480 -i /dev/video0 -r 10 -b:v 500k -f matroska - | mplayer - -idle

Play from remote PC using netcat

on remoter PC:

$ ffmpeg -an -f video4linux2 -s 640x480 -i /dev/video0 -r 10 -b:v 500k -f matroska - | nc -l 10.8.0.14 1234

on local PC:

$ nc 10.8.0.14 1234 | mplayer - -idle

Stream webcam to remote PC:

on local PC:

create ssh tunel:
$ ssh -R 9000:localhost:1234 ichensky@78.46.154.97 -p 21002

stream webcam: 

$ ffmpeg -an -f video4linux2 -s 640x480 -i /dev/video0 -r 10 -b:v 500k -f matroska - | nc -l 127.0.01 1234

on remote PC:

$ nc 127.0.0.1 | ./mplayer.exe - -idle

Create rpt stream (upd stream)

$ ffmpeg -an -i /dev/video0 -f rtp rtp://localhost:1234

or

$ ffmpeg -i /dev/video0 -f mpegts udp://127.0.0.1:1234
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