# CastScreen

**Repository Path**: studvc/CastScreen

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: CastScreen
- **Description**: Cast Android screen via WiFi or USB with low latency
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: Not specified
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 1
- **Forks**: 1
- **Created**: 2021-01-05
- **Last Updated**: 2022-01-02

## Categories & Tags

**Categories**: Uncategorized

**Tags**: None

## README

# CastScreen
Cast Android screen via WiFi or USB

Demo video: https://youtu.be/D_DSuvFz_sg

## Requirments
* Gstreamer 1.0 with H264 decoder (h264parse, avdec_h264) 
* adb for mirror via USB

## With native receiver
* If you are not on an ARM machine, ignore outputs from *_arm targets, or remove them from the Makefile.
* Compile the receiver
```
$ cd receiver
$ make
```
### Via WiFi
1. Launch receiver
```
$ cd receiver
$ ./cs_receiver autovideosink
```
2. Open CastScreen APP
3. Wait the receiver to appear on the list
4. Select the receiver
5. Tap **Start** on right corner

### Via USB
1. Enable debug mode on the Android device
2. Make sure adb is available on your PC
3. Open CastScreen APP
4. Select **Server mode**
5. Tap **Start** on right corner
6. Launch receiver
```
$ cd receiver
$ ./wait_adb.sh
```

## With python receiver
### Via WiFi
1. Launch receiver
```
$ cd receiver
$ python cs_receiver.py
```
2. Open CastScreen APP
3. Wait the receiver to appear on the list
4. Select the receiver
5. Tap **Start** on right corner

### Via USB
1. Enable debug mode on the Android device
2. Make sure adb is available on your PC
3. Open CastScreen APP
4. Select **Server mode**
5. Tap **Start** on right corner
6. Launch receiver
```
$ cd receiver
$ adb forward tcp:53516 tcp:53515
$ python cs_receiver_conn.py
```

## Closing receivers
### Ubuntu
Open system monitor, look up using the word receiver, and kill the process.

## Using an alternative app.
You can use the receiver with the [All Cast Receiver App](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.cast.receiver&rdid=com.koushikdutta.cast.receiver) as well. Just start a receiver as described above (the native receiver is faster than the python one).

## License
Copyright (c) 2015-2016 Jones Chi. Code released under the Apache License.