Screen mirroring failed: Could not start scrcpy

[eduardb]

When running adborc consumer scrcpy DEVICE_ID, the following error is printed:

Screen mirroring failed: Could not start scrcpy: Scrcpy server failed to start: 2024-05-21 11:42:09.013 scrcpy[97427:17602128] ERROR: --bit-rate has been removed, use --video-bit-rate or --audio-bit-rate

Like the error message says, it looks like the --bit-rate argument, which I assume is hardcoded here, no longer exists in newer versions of scrcpy.

Would you accept a PR to migrate to the newer --video-bit-rate and --audio-bit-rate arguments? Cheers!

[MoritzHeschl]

Hey, did you find a fix for this?

[eduardb]

Hey, did you find a fix for this?

@MoritzHeschl I made a dirty fix and then built locally from source. See this commit: wavemm@4ae2abc

[MoritzHeschl]

@eduardb Thanks for letting me know! Quick question—does this tool allow me to share devices with my employees who are located on the other side of the world? I'm not a developer, so I'm not sure if this works.

Right now, we use Vysor to share devices remotely (you might be familiar with it), but it's incredibly buggy. If this tool doesn't support remote sharing, do you happen to know of any other tools that could do the job? I actually discovered this tool through a Reddit post.

[eduardb]

@MoritzHeschl Yes, you can use this tool for that, but you both need to be on the same VPN where you can see each other's computers, or do an awful lot of port forwarding, assuming that you are behind a router. I wholeheartedly recommend Tailscale, it's extremely easy to set up, especially when compared to rolling your own OpenVPN or Wireguard server.

[MoritzHeschl]

@eduardb thanks for the fast reply. I also heared of this software: https://github.com/DeviceFarmer/stf
Do you have experience with it?

[eduardb]

You're welcome!
stf is something that I also run into when searching for a solution to occasionally share devices over the Internet among colleagues, but it looked like a lot more complex tool than what my needs were, so I didn't try it out.