Is It Possible to redirect Linux Laptop Webcam for use inside a Windows VM Desktop?

[gazlinux]

I am using Remmina on a Linux laptop to access a remote Windows VM via RDP.

Would like to redirect my laptop webcam into the remote windows VM.

Is this possible?

 

[Lorenz.S]

As far as I can tell, yes. I found some related issues on the Remmina GitLab page:

https://gitlab.com/Remmina/Remmina/-/issues/2320
https://gitlab.com/Remmina/Remmina/-/issues/2049
https://gitlab.com/Remmina/Remmina/-/issues/2437

Alternatively you can use SPICE and the virt-viewer client to pass any USB-Device from your laptop to the VM - but this does not involve RDP anymore.

 

[gazlinux]

Thank you for your reply.
Solutions exist for passthrough of USB camera.
but I have yet to find anything that covers passing through an integrated webcam on a laptop

 

[Lorenz.S]

When I tried something similar myself, my integrated laptop webcam showed up as USB device.
How else would a laptop webcam be connected to the motherboard? I would guess, your webcam is also an USB device.

Try: lsusb to show all your connected USB devices.