Webcam/camera source not recognized

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Description of the issue:
Webcam/camera source not recognized for utilization in Brave, despite working in other applications and browser. As an example, Google meet outputs “Can’t find your camera”.

The only camera I have access to is my phone and I’m using DroidCam (through the V4L2 loopback module) to create a camera source.

How can this issue be reproduced?

  1. Install brave-bin (AUR)
  2. Install droidcam (AUR), though the problem should persist with other forms of camera or at least with other implementations of V4L2 loopback.
  3. Try an online meeting platform (e.g. Google Meet) to test the webcam
    Additional Notes: User is a part of the “video” group and brave settings allow for sites to ask for this permission.

Expected result:
Recognizing video sources and having a working webcam using the phone camera.
This is happening with other applications and browsers including OBS, Discord, and Firefox, and Brave seems to be the exception.

Brave Version( check About Brave):
Version 1.65.123 Chromium: 124.0.6367.91 (Official Build) (64-bit)

Additional Information:
OS: Arch Linux 64-bit
Desktop Environment: GNOME
Window Management: Wayland

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