host side: apt-get install libopencv-dev clang++ -O2 -lopencv_core -lopencv_highgui -lopencv_imgproc -o acatcher acatcher.cxx to actually run it: ./acatcher | (aplay -t raw -c 1 -f S16_LE -r 22050 > /dev/null 2> /dev/null) --- webcam side: copy v4lcap.c and build it on the rpi xx = session # make the following into a script --- # different res is ok, MUST be mjpg v4l2-ctl --set-fmt-video=width=640,height=480,pixelformat=MJPG (while true; do arecord -t raw -c 1 -f S16_LE -r 22050 -D hw:1 | nc 192.168.1.122 40xx; sleep 1; done) & while true; do v4lcap -o | nc 192.168.1.122 41xx; sleep 1; done