MX-17/18 Repository - The Scrcpy thread

[timkb4cq]

Scrcpy 1.12.1 is now available in the MX-17/18 Main repository.

Scrcpy provides display and control of Android devices connected on USB (or over TCP/IP), mirroring your device's screen on your desktop and letting you control it with mouse & keyboard.
It does not require any root access. It does require USB Debugging be turned on, and allowing app installation from unknown sources on the first use (it pushes the .jar file necessary to connect to scrcpy to your phone over ADB).

The Launcher is in the Accessories Menu along with a launcher for the HTML documentation since those instructions are needed to connect over TCP/IP instead of by USB cable.

Enjoy!

[Kulmbacher]

If I'm the only one using scrcpy here, forget this post. It works fine in vers. 1.12.1 (MX 18.3).

On the other hand, the version jump is also not small 1.21. - > 1.7

https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy/releases

Changes since v1.16:

Fix errors on Android 11 (#1468)
Add --encoder option (#1810, #1827)
Add --forward-all-clicks option (#1302, #1613)
Add --legacy-paste option (#1750, #1771)
Workaround screen off/on issue on exit (#1670)
Rework console/noconsole versions on Windows (#1875, #1988)
Terminate server properly without killing it on close (#1992)
List available shortcut keys on error (#1681)
Upgrade platform-tools to 30.0.5 (adb) in Windows releases
Upgrade SDL to 2.0.14 in Windows releases

Merci und Servus

[shapeshifter]

Just to add, I use scrcpy all the time. I only found out about it a few months ago when I got my new phone, that doesn't have video out.

Have the changes made any difference for Linux users?

I haven't set it all up yet, keep forgetting, so have just been using it how it comes.

[Kulmbacher]

changes, so have a look to them and what`s important for you ;-)

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Changes since v1.15.1:

    Add pinch-to-zoom simulation (#24)
    Fix clipboard paste (#1658)
    Inject POWER instead of WAKEUP on start (#1655)
    
Hotfix for v1.15:

    Fix uninitialized value, breaking HOME shortcut randomly (#1643)
    
Changes since v1.14:

    Forward Ctrl and Shift to the device (#1598, #555, #942)
    Change "resize to fit" shortcut from MOD+x to MOD+w (#1598)
    Make shortcut modifiers customizable (#1598)
    Restore power mode to "normal" on disconnection (#1572, #1576)
    Keep the screen off on powering on (best effort) (#1573, #1577)
    Add option to disable screensaver (#1370, #1502)
    Do not crash on missing clipboard manager (#1440, #1556)
    Fix touch events HiDPI-scaling (#1536, #15)
    Correctly inject repeating keycodes (#1013, #1519)
    Add option to ignore repeated key events (#1013, #1623)
    Increase clipboard size from 4k to 256k (#1117)
    Do not expose internal SDL logs to users (#1441)
    Upgrade platform-tools to 30.0.4 (adb) in Windows releases
    Upgrade FFmpeg to 4.3.1 in Windows releases
    
Ctrl and Shift keys are now forwarded to the device.

Changes since v1.13:

    Add --stay-awake (#631)
    Add Ctrl+Shift+o shortcut to turn screen on (#175)
    Implement seamless copy-paste from Android to computer (#1056, #1423)
    Implement seamless UTF-8 copy-paste from computer to Android >= 7 (#786)
    Improve --show-touches behavior
    Properly handle Ctrl+C on Windows (avoid to corrupt recording) (#818)
    Add --verbosity to configure log level at runtime
    Add --codec-options to pass MediaFormat options directly (#1325)
    Add --force-adb-forward
    Apply workarounds only on error (#994)
    Increase LOD bias to reduce blurring on trilinear filtering (#1394)
    Fix HiDPI issues on secondary screen (#1408, #15)
    Fix rendering issues (#1408, #787)
    Fix window restoration regression (#1346)
    Fix unexpected focus behavior on scroll (#1362)
    Fix "buffer full" error on Ctrl+Shift+v (#1425)
    Upgrade platform-tools to 30.0.0 (adb) in Windows releases
    
A new option has been added to prevent the device to sleep: 
    scrcpy --stay-awake   
Turn screen on ...

Changes since v1.12.1:

    Add option to lock video orientation (#218, #1151)
    Add shortcuts to rotate the display (#218, #1274)
    Mirror secondary displays (#397, #898, #1177, #1238)
    Enable trilinear filtering when possible (#40, #1284)
    Add --render-driver parameter (#1284)
    Accept --max-fps before Android 10 (#488)
    Accept negative window position (#1242)
    Use another local port if 27183 is not available (#945, #951)
    Forward NumPad keys when NumLock is disabled (#1188)
    Fix issues when directory contains non-ASCII chars on Windows (#1002)
    Do not print irrelevant workarounds errors (#994)
    Fix possible BufferUnderflowException on touch event (#1245)
    Upgrade FFmpeg to 4.2.2 in Windows releases
    Upgrade SDL to 2.0.12 in Windows releases 

[JayM]

I installed this yesterday (in MX-19.3) and played with it for awhile. Pretty slick, though it takes up too much room on my 15.6" laptop screen. I plan to use it on my desktop with its bigger monitor later though.

I not only had to enable USB Debugging in Developer Options but also "USB Debugging (Security settings)" to enable using my mouse and keyboard to control my phone. I wish I'd found this and gotten it working a long time ago. I wouldn't have needed to install the Viber desktop app, I could have just used Viber on my phone along with my computer keyboard to make typing messages easier- I never can get the hang of using touchscreen keyboards on smartphones.

[Kulmbacher]

You can change the windowsize very easily with the mouse in the corner, or

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Window configuration
Title
By default, the window title is the device model. It can be changed:
scrcpy --window-title 'My device'
Position and size
The initial window position and size may be specified:
scrcpy --window-x 100 --window-y 100 --window-width 800 --window-height 600
Borderless
To disable window decorations:
scrcpy --window-borderless
Always on top
To keep the scrcpy window always on top:
scrcpy --always-on-top

lots more there, scroll down
https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy

...I never can get the hang of using touchscreen keyboards on smartphones...

same here, fingers too thick and smartphone too small ;-)

[JayM]

I have long skinny fingers and have a newer, larger phone (Xaomi Redmi Note 8 with a 6.3 inch/97.4 square cm display) and I still struggle with its onscreen keyboard. It doesn't help that I'm in the Philippines which is the number one country in the world for the volume of text messages sent per day. Everybody communicates via texts for preference.