This application show content android screen (video) connected via USB or over Wi-Fi. and allows to control the device with the keyboard and the mouse of the computer. It does not require any root access. It works on Linux.
Here is a video show how qmlscrcpy work
| Item | Scrcpy | QmlScrcpy |
|---|---|---|
| ui | SDL | QML |
| video encode | ffmpeg | ffmpeg |
| video render | SDL | OpenGL inside Qml |
| language | C | C++ |
| build | meson + gradle | CMake |
| Android Manager | - | Yes |
- lightness: native, displays only the device screen
- performance: 30~120fps, depending on the device
- quality: 1920×1080 or above
- low latency: 35~70ms
- low startup time: ~1 second to display the first image
- You can embed scrcpy inside your qml project
- Screen buffers are render by native OpenGl inside Qml, No requirement to external library similar GStreamer or LibVlc
- You can use Animation, Scale, Rotation , Resize and ... similar other qml componnets.
Install the required packages from your package manager.
sudo apt install ffmpeg
My Ubuntu Version
lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS
Release: 20.04
Codename: focal
ADB version must 31 or above
adb --version
Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.41
Version 31.0.3-7562133
Installed as /usr/lib/android-sdk/platform-tools/adb
Download & Install Qt 5.10.1
cd ~/
wget https://download.qt.io/new_archive/qt/5.10/5.10.1/qt-opensource-linux-x64-5.10.1.run
sudo chmod 755 qt-opensource-linux-x64-5.10.1.run
./qt-opensource-linux-x64-5.10.1.run
My Clion version is 2022.3.3
Add Qt5.10.1 path to cmake
Clion --> File --> Settings --> Build, Execution, Deployment --> CMake
-DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=~/Qt5.10.1/5.10.1/gcc_64/lib/cmake
