diff --git a/scapy/sendrecv.py b/scapy/sendrecv.py
index acb5b3cf67a..d7251449d02 100644
--- a/scapy/sendrecv.py
+++ b/scapy/sendrecv.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 from scapy.modules import six
 from scapy.modules.six.moves import map
 from scapy.sessions import DefaultSession
-from scapy.supersocket import SuperSocket
+from scapy.supersocket import SuperSocket, IterSocket
 
 if conf.route is None:
     # unused import, only to initialize conf.route and conf.iface*
@@ -867,30 +867,42 @@ def _run(self,
         if offline is not None:
             flt = karg.get('filter')
 
+            if isinstance(offline, str):
+                # Single file
+                offline = [offline]
             if isinstance(offline, list) and \
                     all(isinstance(elt, str) for elt in offline):
+                # List of files
                 sniff_sockets.update((PcapReader(
                     fname if flt is None else
-                    tcpdump(fname, args=["-w", "-"], flt=flt, getfd=True)
+                    tcpdump(fname,
+                            args=["-w", "-"],
+                            flt=flt,
+                            getfd=True,
+                            quiet=quiet)
                 ), fname) for fname in offline)
             elif isinstance(offline, dict):
+                # Dict of files
                 sniff_sockets.update((PcapReader(
                     fname if flt is None else
-                    tcpdump(fname, args=["-w", "-"], flt=flt, getfd=True)
+                    tcpdump(fname,
+                            args=["-w", "-"],
+                            flt=flt,
+                            getfd=True,
+                            quiet=quiet)
                 ), label) for fname, label in six.iteritems(offline))
+            elif isinstance(offline, (Packet, PacketList, list)):
+                # Iterables (list of packets, PacketList..)
+                offline = IterSocket(offline)
+                sniff_sockets[offline if flt is None else PcapReader(
+                    tcpdump(offline,
+                            args=["-w", "-"],
+                            flt=flt,
+                            getfd=True,
+                            quiet=quiet)
+                )] = offline
             else:
-                # Write Scapy Packet objects to a pcap file
-                def _write_to_pcap(packets_list):
-                    filename = get_temp_file(autoext=".pcap")
-                    wrpcap(filename, offline)
-                    return filename, filename
-
-                if isinstance(offline, Packet):
-                    tempfile_written, offline = _write_to_pcap([offline])
-                elif isinstance(offline, (list, PacketList)) and \
-                        all(isinstance(elt, Packet) for elt in offline):
-                    tempfile_written, offline = _write_to_pcap(offline)
-
+                # Other (file descriptors...)
                 sniff_sockets[PcapReader(
                     offline if flt is None else
                     tcpdump(offline,
diff --git a/scapy/supersocket.py b/scapy/supersocket.py
index d9632f2be6a..75eb1022fcb 100644
--- a/scapy/supersocket.py
+++ b/scapy/supersocket.py
@@ -24,17 +24,19 @@
 import scapy.modules.six as six
 from scapy.packet import Packet
 import scapy.packet
-from scapy.plist import PacketList
+from scapy.plist import _PacketList, PacketList, SndRcvList
 from scapy.utils import PcapReader, tcpdump
 
 # Typing imports
 from scapy.compat import (
     Any,
+    Iterator,
     List,
     Optional,
     Tuple,
     Type,
     Union,
+    cast,
 )
 
 # Utils
@@ -475,3 +477,51 @@ def select(sockets, remain=None):
         if (WINDOWS or DARWIN):
             return sockets, None
         return SuperSocket.select(sockets, remain=remain)
+
+
+# More abstract objects
+
+class IterSocket(SuperSocket):
+    desc = "wrapper around an iterable"
+    nonblocking_socket = True
+
+    def __init__(self, obj):
+        # type: (Union[Packet, List[Packet], _PacketList[Packet]]) -> None
+        if not obj:
+            self.iter = iter([])  # type: Iterator[Packet]
+        elif isinstance(obj, IterSocket):
+            self.iter = obj.iter
+        elif isinstance(obj, SndRcvList):
+            def _iter(obj=cast(SndRcvList, obj)):
+                # type: (SndRcvList) -> Iterator[Packet]
+                for s, r in obj:
+                    if s.sent_time:
+                        s.time = s.sent_time
+                    yield s
+                    yield r
+            self.iter = _iter()
+        elif isinstance(obj, (list, PacketList)):
+            if isinstance(obj[0], bytes):  # type: ignore
+                # Deprecated
+                self.iter = (conf.raw_layer(x) for x in obj)
+            else:
+                self.iter = (y for x in obj for y in x)
+        else:
+            self.iter = obj.__iter__()
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def select(sockets, remain=None):
+        # type: (List[SuperSocket], Any) -> Tuple[List[SuperSocket], None]
+        return sockets, None
+
+    def recv(self, *args):
+        # type: (*Any) -> Optional[Packet]
+        try:
+            pkt = next(self.iter)
+            return pkt.__class__(bytes(pkt))
+        except StopIteration:
+            raise EOFError
+
+    def close(self):
+        # type: () -> None
+        pass
diff --git a/scapy/utils.py b/scapy/utils.py
index b864bc1a342..a1a3fc51e99 100644
--- a/scapy/utils.py
+++ b/scapy/utils.py
@@ -1635,24 +1635,14 @@ def write(self, pkt):
                 self.write_header(pkt)
             self.write_packet(pkt)
         else:
-            # Import here to avoid a circular dependency
-            from scapy.plist import SndRcvList
-            if isinstance(pkt, SndRcvList):
-                def _iter(pkt=cast(SndRcvList, pkt)):
-                    # type: (SndRcvList) -> Iterator[Packet]
-                    for s, r in pkt:
-                        if s.sent_time:
-                            s.time = s.sent_time
-                        yield s
-                        yield r
-                pkt_iter = _iter()
-            else:
-                pkt_iter = pkt.__iter__()
-            for p in pkt_iter:
+            # Import here to avoid circular dependency
+            from scapy.supersocket import IterSocket
+            for p in IterSocket(pkt).iter:
                 if not self.header_present:
                     self.write_header(p)
 
-                if self.linktype != conf.l2types.get(type(p), None):
+                if not isinstance(p, bytes) and \
+                        self.linktype != conf.l2types.get(type(p), None):
                     warning("Inconsistent linktypes detected!"
                             " The resulting PCAP file might contain"
                             " invalid packets."
@@ -2148,9 +2138,11 @@ def tcpdump(
         # An error has occurred
         return
     if dump:
-        return b"".join(
+        data = b"".join(
             iter(lambda: proc.stdout.read(1048576), b"")  # type: ignore
         )
+        proc.terminate()
+        return data
     if getproc:
         return proc
     if getfd: