Hi,
I'm looking at the project details and am appreciating the details provided.
So i'm looking at it, and it seems like you're getting a video feed and then converting/compressing to yuyv format?
I suggest using v4l2 tools. with that, you can see the formats supported, and the formats the camera can output. if it supports yuyv then why not just use v4l2source_yuv to send yuyv frames to the loopback device.
It purely depends on how you're using this. In theory, you shouldn't need a loopback and just use yuyv format straight from the video source if supported.
If further details can be provided, we could see what we can do.