# Webcam

For usage related information, see webcam feature.

## Implementations

| Component | Link | |-------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | client | xpra.client.mixins.webcam | | client connection | xpra.server.source.webcam | | server | xpra.server.mixins.webcam |

## Capabilities

The client exposes a single `webcam` boolean capability.
The server exposes the following attributes using the `webcam` capability prefix:

- `enabled` boolean
- `encodings` list of strings - encodings supported: only `png` or `jpeg` are guaranteed to be supported
- `devices` integer - the number of virtual video devices available

## Network Packets

| Packet Type | Arguments | Direction | |-----------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|------------------| | `webcam-start` | `device_id`, `width`, `height` | client to server | | `webcam-ack` | `unused`, `frame_no`, `width`, `height` | server to client | | `webcam-frame` | `device_id`, `frame_no`, `encoding`, `width`, `height`, `data` | client to server | | `webcam-stop` | `device_no` |

`device_id`, `frame_no`, `width` and `height` are always integers, `encoding` is a string.

The `device_id` must be smaller than the number of virtual video `devices`.

### Flow

- client requests `webcam-start`
- the server responds with a `webcam-ack` for `frame_no` 0, the `width` and `height` may be different from the one requested
- the client can then send a `webcam-frame` for `frame_no` 1
- the server responds with a `webcam-ack` for each frame it receives
- the client must wait for the `webcam-ack` before sending the next frame
- whenever the client decides to stop forwarding the webcam, it must send a `webcam-stop` packet

If any of these steps fail, a `webcam-stop` packet must be sent to the peer.