android screen mirroring – Deep Focus https://fazals.ddns.net/ Embrace it! Mon, 17 Aug 2020 07:12:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.6.1 https://fazals.ddns.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/react-native-300-150x150.png android screen mirroring – Deep Focus https://fazals.ddns.net/ 32 32 173186184 Android screen mirroring to Windows/Linux/Mac in just 2 mins using scrcpy https://fazals.ddns.net/scrcpy-android-screen-mirroring/ Tue, 28 Apr 2020 17:06:10 +0000 https://fazals.ddns.net/?p=816 Android screen mirroring to Windows/Linux/Mac in just 2 mins using scrcpy Read More »

]]> Android screen mirroring is not as popular as other android customization like rooting. It’s namely because many people are just unaware of it, or it’s just they don’t want to face the hassel in doing so. Windows 10’s new android screen mirroring only works with a few phones. But there are other better alternatives to do this. If you ever wanted to control android phone from pc via wifi ? Read till the end and learn how to install and use scrcpy.

The best working choices you have.

  1. Scrcpy
  2. Vysor

Firstly, Vysor is an amazing app to mirror android screens to PC’s but most of the features are restricted to the paid version of the app. It costs $2.50 per month, $10 an year, or $40 for lifetime.

however, on the other hand, the best way to do it, is by using Scrcpy.
Scrcpy’s latest version is loaded with mesmerizing features and is the most simplest to use. It is an application that provides solution to display, as well as control your Android devices connected over USB ot TCP/IP. In short, wirelessly. It works just prefectly with Linux, Windows and macOS. And most importantly, it’s free and Open-Source.

The project scrcpy focuses on the following

  • lightness
  • Performance (30~60 fps on both USB and over TCP/IP)
  • Quality (1080p and even 4K)
  • Very low latency (35~70ms)

Features of scrcpy

  • Mirror and Control Android
  • High Quality
  • Full Screen
  • Wireless
  • Drag and drop file transfer
  • Customizable frame rate, resolution and bitrate.

Install scrcpy for screen mirroring

Firstly, you need to enable Developer Options on your phone.

Time Required: 5 minutes

  • Navigate to Settings > About Phone

  • Tap on the Build number until you get “No need, you are already a developer”.

  • Go back to Settings and navigate to System.

  • Click on Advanced and then on Developer Options.

  • Scroll down and enable USB debugging.

Connect your phone to your PC. And that’s all you have to do on your phone.

Get the app

Linux

On Debian and Ubuntu 20.04

sudo apt install scrcpy

A snap package is also available (For Ubuntu version < 20.04)

sudo snap install scrcpy

Windows

Download the zip archive with all the dependencies.
scrcpy-win64-v1.12.1.zip

macOS

The application for macOS is available in Homebrew. Just run to install it.

brew install scrcpy

Time to Run

Plug in your Android device in one of the USB ports and execute in terminal / CMD.

scrcpy

And thats it. You should see your Android’s screen on your PC. For further documentation, visit the github page.

FAQs

What does scrcpy stand for ?

Scrcpy can split into 2 parts. The first one as scr which means screen and cpy stands for copy.

Can scrcpy be used wirelessly ?

In simple terms, the answer is yes. Connect your android to the same network as your laptop/PC and then connect it wirelessly using the command adb connect ip_address:port command. And then run scrcpy

No audio when using scrcpy ?

Unfortunately, scrcpy doesn’t support audio transmission natively, but is possible in linux using an alternate method. Visit the official documentation for more information on audio transmission.

How do you set the resolution in scrcpy ?

The answer to that is very simple. Just append the parameter -m followed by the resolution, for example scrcpy -m720, it will automatically adjust the maximum resolution of the longer side to 720p.

Can scrcpy be used to capture Netflix ?

Yes, scrcpy can be used to capture netflix, but you need to record the audio separately as it is not natively supported by scrcpy

Feature Usage Shortcuts

ActionShortcut
Switch fullscreen modeCtrl/Cmd+f
Click on HOMECtrl/Cmd+h | Middle-click
Click on BACKCtrl/Cmd+b | Right-click
Click on APP_SWITCHCtrl/Cmd+s
Click on MENUCtrl/Cmd+m
Click on VOLUME_UPCtrl/Cmd+↑ (up)
Click on VOLUME_DOWNCtrl/Cmd+↓ (down)
Click on POWERCtrl/Cmd+p
Power onRight-click
Turn device screen off (keep mirroring)Ctrl/Cmd+o
Rotate device screenCtrl/Cmd+r
Expand notification panelCtrl/Cmd+n
Collapse notification panelCtrl/Cmd+Shift+n
Copy device clipboard to computerCtrl/Cmd+c
Paste computer clipboard to deviceCtrl/Cmd+v
Copy computer clipboard to deviceCtrl/Cmd+Shift+v
Enable/disable FPS counter (on stdout)Ctrl/Cmd+i

Intrested in reading about Google Cloud and Services it offers ?

Learn how to setup a custom blynk server and start your IOT projects.

]]> 816