# Live stream from /dev/video0

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/live-stream-from-dev-video0/145630>\
**Category:** Dev/API Corner\
**Tags:** plugin-dev\
**Created:** [May 20, 2016, 10:43pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/live-stream-from-dev-video0/145630 "2016-05-20T22:43:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![gavannon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/gavannon/32/202436_2.png) [@gavannon](https://forums.plex.tv/u/gavannon)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 10:43pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/live-stream-from-dev-video0/145630/1 "2016-05-20T22:43:01Z")

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I’m trying to create a Plex channel that live streams my Linux computer’s “/dev/video0” stream. This is a video capture device stream. In my case, this is an HD PVR, but it could also be a webcam, or any video stream in Linux.

I’m guessing that I need to create a supported localhost URL with something life ffmpeg?

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**Author:** ![mikedm139](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/mikedm139/32/96909_2.png) [@mikedm139](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mikedm139)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 11:29pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/live-stream-from-dev-video0/145630/2 "2016-05-27T23:29:24Z")

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Your guess is correct. The channel framework does not support streaming from the filesystem, only network streams.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 7:57pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/live-stream-from-dev-video0/145630/3 "2020-01-08T19:57:52Z")

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Closed on January 8, 2020, 7:57pm UTC