{"id":47012,"date":"2024-08-05T16:38:38","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T16:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=47012"},"modified":"2024-08-07T13:03:59","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T13:03:59","slug":"scrcpy-mirroring-audio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2024\/08\/scrcpy-mirroring-audio\/","title":{"rendered":"Scrcpy 2.6 Added Mirroring Android Audio Support"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/p>\n

Scrcpy, the free open-source Android screen mirroring app, released version 2.6 (then 2.6.1 with quick fix) a few days ago.<\/p>\n

Scrcpy is an app works on Linux, Windows, and macOS, allowing users to remote access and control their Android screen from PC\/laptop, either wirelessly through TCP\/IP in same network or wired with USB cable.<\/p>\n

It uses Android Debug Bridge (adb)<\/a> to communicate with Android device. Nothing needs to be installed on Android side, but it needs to enable developer mode for USB debugging option which is required by adb.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\n<\/p>\n

Scrcpy features screen mirroring (even with Android screen off), audio forwarding, video\/audio recording, copy and paste in both directions, camera mirroring. For Linux, it allows to use your Android’s camera as computer webcam.<\/p>\n

And, it supports OTG (On-The-Go) mode. Without adb, in this mode the computer keyboard and mouse work as they were plugged directly to the Android device.<\/p>\n

New features in Scrcpy 2.6<\/h3>\n

Since version 2.0, the app supports audio forwarding<\/b> which sends Android audio to the computer side. However, with the feature enabled, the sound was disabled in the Android device.<\/p>\n

The new Scrcpy 2.6 reworked the audio capture method, which now supports audio mirroring<\/b>. Meaning audio source can be played in the both computer and Android at the same time.<\/p>\n

This is an optional feature, to enable it, simply start scrcpy with audio duplication option:<\/p>\n

scrcpy --audio-source=playback --audio-dup<\/pre>\n
Without --audio-dup<\/code>, it will work just like before that forwarding with sound disabled in Android side.<\/p>\n
The feature however requires Android 13<\/b>, and, Android apps can opt-out, in which case they are not captured.<\/p>\n
\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n
The release also introduced new set of secondary bindings<\/b> via shift<\/code> + click.<\/p>\n
In the default mouse SDK mode, user can do right-click triggers BACK (or POWER on), middle-click triggers HOME, the 4th click triggers APP_SWITCH, and the 5th click expands the notification panel. User can also press and hold Shift<\/b> then do right-click, middle-click, the 4th\/5th click to forward actions to Android.<\/p>\n
Both the primary and secondary bindings are configurable through --mouse-bind=xxxx:xxxx<\/code> command option. See the wiki page<\/a> for details.<\/p>\n
Other changes include:<\/p>\n