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…you mean the likes of scrcpy[0]? Would be great if you have a way to do it programmatically. https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy

comment by _puk · 2026-08-15 · in Show HN: Deltix – AI Driven Testing

…the search for the root cause off this issue, it seems to be VIRTUAL_DISPLAY_FLAG_ALWAYS_UNLOCKED: https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy/issues/6007#issuecommen... .

comment by micku7zu · 2026-05-13 · in Scrcpy v4.0

Appreciate you replying. It's https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy/issues/6007

comment by figmert · 2026-05-13 · in Scrcpy v4.0

…for people to remotely access a device hooked up to a raspberry pi or something at home via adb via https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy as "natively" as possible.

comment by smashah · 2025-10-15 · in FSF announces Librephone project

Have you tried scrcpy? https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy I ran this with a custom fork to expose the device screen as a VNC server for years, no problems

comment by deivid · 2025-09-16 · in Linux phones are more important now than ever

https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy

comment by ycombinatrix · 2025-08-26 · in Google will allow only apps from verified developers to be installed on Android

…you can get a taskbar now only if tablet mode taskbar could show up in secondary virtual displays. https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy/blob/master/doc/virtual... https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy/issues/6032

comment by smusamashah · 2025-05-13 · in Google is building its own DeX: First look at Android's Desktop Mode

…scrcpy equivalent for mac/iphone). The freedom you gain though more than makes up for it IMHO. [1]: https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy

comment by freedomben · 2024-11-12 · in Ask HN: Apple like integration between iPhone/Android and Linux

Well, available since a lot of time on Android: https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy And it works perfectly. Pair it with kdeconnect and you have even a better experience of integration between your phone and your PC than with Apple. Only…

comment by alerighi · 2024-09-16 · in macOS Sequoia is available today

scrcpy works well too for Android, never had a problem https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy

comment by jazzyjackson · 2024-09-16 · in macOS Sequoia is available today

…and authorize my computer, and then use scrcpy [0] to control my phone over an ADB connection. [0] https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy

comment by mintplant · 2024-06-11 · in Google's Pixel 8 series gets USB-C to DisplayPort; desktop mode rumors heat up

There's also https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy which works for any Android, not just Samsung

comment by yjftsjthsd-h · 2024-03-05 · in Microsoft is ending support for the Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA)

Or if you want to use scrcpy, which I find indispensable. https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy

comment by tjoff · 2023-12-30 · in Android developers no longer need Windows USB drivers

…APIs to have hook up the diplay server to a media encoder and the media encoder to the network. https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy/blob/a3cdf1a6b86ea22786...

comment by charcircuit · 2023-11-05 · in Scrcpy 2.2 adds Android camera mirroring

…streaming the camera directly (vs. streaming a screen capture of the camera app) is coming soon: https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy/pull/4213 For folks willing to build from source, I have an additional commit on top of the PR (linked in…

comment by chenxiaolong · 2023-09-22 · in Android 14 adds support for using your smartphone as a webcam

The scrcpy project is already great for this: https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy Here's a little script for streaming through your camera on obs: get-adb-devices-list() { adb devices | grep -v "List of devices attached" | grep -v…

comment by amar-laksh · 2023-09-22 · in Android 14 adds support for using your smartphone as a webcam

…around their Linux distro. Screen sharing (actually it doubles as a remote control as well) via https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy And as they don't try to leverage proprietary formats, Syncthing for syncing books and notes. And NetGuard…

comment by bobek · 2023-08-21 · in The ReMarkable Streaming Tool v2: Elevating Remote Work Efficiency

…multi-window Then choose "simulate secondary displays" and choose the size (720p, 1080p, 4k) Using https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy from your desktop and connecting to your phone allows you to choose the virtual display to connect to…

comment by moondev · 2023-08-01 · in Transform your Android device into a Linux desktop

https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy/issues/36#issuecomment-...

comment by coolspot · 2023-05-01 · in Scrcpy: Display and control your Android devices connected over USB or TCP/IP

https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy/blob/master/FAQ.md#devi...

comment by rom1v · 2023-04-29 · in Scrcpy: Display and control your Android devices connected over USB or TCP/IP

I really like the doc for developers. https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy/blob/master/doc/develop...

comment by sacredSatan · 2023-04-29 · in Scrcpy: Display and control your Android devices connected over USB or TCP/IP

The killer app for Android is scrcpy. https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy This project can enable so many interesting things. It allows you to fully control, stream and automate anything running android including phones, Chromecasts, and…

comment by moondev · 2023-04-29 · in Junk drawer phone as a music streaming server

https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy/blob/master/FAQ.md#hido...

comment by rom1v · 2023-03-16 · in Scrcpy 2.0 mirrors Android devices with audio forwarding

…which allows to use the computer keyboard and mouse "as if" they were connected via an OTG cable: https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy/blob/master/doc/hid-otg... (in that case, USB debugging is not necessary) > Can also plug in a keyboard…

comment by rom1v · 2023-03-14 · in Scrcpy 2.0 mirrors Android devices with audio forwarding

…me to find a name as unpronounceable as gnirehtet. strcpy copies a string; scrcpy copies a screen. https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy/tree/4e9e712#why-scrcpy

comment by textread · 2023-03-14 · in Scrcpy 2.0 mirrors Android devices with audio forwarding

…Alternatively maybe a tool like scrcpy [1] might be able to help when the screen is broken. [1] https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy

comment by cookiengineer · 2023-01-20 · in Tell HN: It is impossible to disable Google 2FA using backup codes

+1 for scrcpy https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy

comment by francisduvivier · 2022-12-25 · in Ask HN: Has anyone successfully recovered photos from a broken Android phone?

…from Linux/Mac/PC. Very responsive, including during fancy animations, playing video, games, etc. https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy

comment by nousermane · 2022-08-20 · in Ask HN: Why is there no performant remote desktop for Mac/Linux?

…could directly use the SSH tunnel to redirect the adb communication, without an intermediate VNC: https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy#ssh-tunnel

comment by rom1v · 2021-12-26 · in Ask HN: Remotely helping elderly parents?

…I enabled "Allow granting permissions and simulating input via USB debugging" option on my phone. https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy/blob/master/FAQ.md#mous...

comment by duckmysick · 2021-11-16 · in Scrcpy v1.20

I installed scrcpy https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy which lets you remotely connect to your Android device - similar to VNC. It was handy being able to use certain apps that don't exist properly on computers like Instagram, SMS, some…

comment by poglet · 2021-10-21 · in Android Apps on Windows 11

…and use scrcpy[1] to mirror my phone screen and use keyboard and mouse input instead. [1]: https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy

comment by approxim8ion · 2021-03-12 · in Signal Desktop is sucking all my RAM

…a bit odd (licensing issues) and I ended up switching to scrcpy which is free and also very good: https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy

comment by cfn · 2021-01-24 · in Deskreen – Turn any device with a web browser to a second computer screen

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

comment by ffpip · 2021-01-18 · in I made Deskreen, open source app to make any device a second screen for computer

You can use scrcpy ( https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy ) to bypass the policy if you really need to have a screenshot. All you need is to have a Linux laptop at hand, debug mode enabled, and a USB cable plugged in. Super simple stuff…

comment by sdwolfz · 2020-11-08 · in Taking screenshots isn't allowed by the app after upgrading to Android 11

Maybe scrcpy is enough for you. https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy If opening a browser tab is all you need any tab syncing app / service will do. I use kdeconnect / gsconnect so I don't have to rely on a 3rd party service, Google and…

comment by pmontra · 2020-09-20 · in Show HN: Control Chromecasts from Linux

Use scrcpy - https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy The Windows thing is only for Samsung's latest phones.

comment by ffpip · 2020-08-29 · in Windows new feature: Access your Android phone’s apps directly from your PC

Take a look at scrcpyfor anyone wanting to do this in other situations, https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy

comment by simcop2387 · 2020-08-28 · in Windows new feature: Access your Android phone’s apps directly from your PC

…this with scrcpy[1] to take advantage of my fast desktop keyboard when I'm sitting down. [1] https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy

comment by PTOB · 2020-04-01 · in Show HN: Time Cop – A simple, private, open-source time tracking app

…via Zoom video, audio, screen-share + bi-directional android tablet control (via ADB debugging & https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy )

comment by leeoniya · 2020-03-21 · in Ask HN: What projects are you working on now?

I consider [0] to be well written and fairly low fat. 0 https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy

comment by fredsanford · 2020-02-14 · in To become a good C programmer (2011)

Thanks to the initial work submitted by igorinov via a pull request ( https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy/pull/292 ), scrcpy now provides an option to record the device screen to a video file: scrcpy --record file.mp4 The device is…

comment by rom1v · 2018-11-13 · in Show HN: Record your Android screen with "scrcpy --record file.mp4"

Thanks to the initial work submitted by igorinov via a pull request ( https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy/pull/292 ), scrcpy now provides an option to record the device screen to a video file: scrcpy --record file.mp4 The device is…

comment by rom1v · 2018-11-12 · in Show HN: Record your Android screen with “scrcpy --record file.mp4”

scrcpy : https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy This application provides display and control of Android devices connected on USB (or over TCP/IP). It does not require any root access. It works on GNU/Linux, Windows and MacOS. Did Microsoft…

comment by Tiki · 2018-10-05 · in Microsoft is embracing Android as the mobile version of Windows

…That way, the Android device is totally "duplicated" on the computer. Checkout the "audio" branch ( https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy/commits/audio ), build, and execute: scrcpy --forward-audio I would appreciate some feedbacks on…

comment by rom1v · 2018-03-26 · in Show HN: Forward audio from Android device to computer

…(insufficient permissions)" error on Windows (yes, this feature does not work on Windows yet): https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy/issues/14#issuecomment-... Thank you for your time :)

comment by rom1v · 2018-03-24 · in Show HN: Add audio forwarding to scrcpy (a tool to display Android devices)

…that block screenshots. For example, when I open my banking apps, I just see a black screen. See https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy/issues/36

comment by zanhecht · 2018-03-15 · in Scrcpy – An app to display and control Android devices

…laptop, after a new "git clone", the whole build takes 18s for me. If I use the prebuilt server ( https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy#prebuilt-server ), so that it only compiles the client, it takes 0.8s.

comment by rom1v · 2018-03-08 · in Scrcpy – An app to display and control Android devices

Could simply link to their github https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy/

comment by Raphmedia · 2018-03-08 · in Scrcpy – An app to display and control Android devices