scrcpy/doc/windows.md

On Windows

Install

Download the latest release:

• scrcpy-win64-v2.6.1.zip (64-bit)
  _{SHA-256: 041fc3abf8578ddcead5a8c4a8be8960b7c4d45b21d3370ee2683605e86a728c}
• scrcpy-win32-v2.6.1.zip (32-bit)
  _{SHA-256: 17a5d4d17230b4c90fad45af6395efda9aea287a03c04e6b4ecc9ceb8134ea04}

and extract it.

Alternatively, you could install it from packages manager, like Chocolatey:

choco install scrcpy
choco install adb    # if you don't have it yet

or Scoop:

scoop install scrcpy
scoop install adb    # if you don't have it yet

See build.md to build and install the app manually.

Run

Make sure that your device meets the prerequisites.

Scrcpy is a command line application: it is mainly intended to be executed from a terminal with command line arguments.

To open a terminal at the expected location, double-click on open_a_terminal_here.bat in your scrcpy directory, then type your command. For example, without arguments:

scrcpy

or with arguments (here to disable audio and record to file.mkv):

scrcpy --no-audio --record=file.mkv

Documentation for command line arguments is available:

• scrcpy --help
• on github

To start scrcpy directly without opening a terminal, double-click on one of these files:

• scrcpy-console.bat: start with a terminal open (it will close when scrcpy terminates, unless an error occurs);
• scrcpy-noconsole.vbs: start without a terminal (but you won't see any error message).

Avoid double-clicking on scrcpy.exe directly: on error, the terminal would close immediately and you won't have time to read any error message (this executable is intended to be run from the terminal). Use scrcpy-console.bat instead.

If you plan to always use the same arguments, create a file myscrcpy.bat (enable show file extensions to avoid confusion) containing your command, For example:

scrcpy --prefer-text --turn-screen-off --stay-awake

Then just double-click on that file.

You could also edit (a copy of) scrcpy-console.bat or scrcpy-noconsole.vbs to add some arguments.