scrcpy: OTG on Windows 10/11 (libusb error: Operation not supported or unimplemented on this platform)

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Environment

  • OS: Windows 10 Pro & Windows 11 Pro
  • scrcpy version:
scrcpy 1.24 <https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy>
Dependencies (compiled / linked):
    - SDL: 2.0.22 / 2.0.22
    - libavcodec: 59.18.100 / 59.18.100
    - libavformat: 59.16.100 / 59.16.100
    - libavutil: 57.17.100 / 57.17.100
    - libusb: - / 1.0.26
  • installation method: choco install scrcpy
  • device model: Samsung Galaxy Tab S7+ (SM-T970)
  • Android version: 13
  • More details: - USB cable from PC to Tablet - problem recreated with two systems (Win10 vs Win11) and two tablets (both same model/release) with and without adb installed

Describe the bug While screen remoting works great (impressively clean implementation!), I am unable to get --otg mode to work. It appears like an incompatibility or limitation in Windows? There are a number of issues that smell similar but have cryptic titles and slightly different output, so I’ve made this as a new issue.

My aim is to get a clear answer as to whether otg support for windows is confirmed a no-go or not.

PS ~> scrcpy --otg
scrcpy 1.24 <https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy>
INFO: Killing adb daemon (if any)...
INFO: USB device: 0D6F385C3731 (046d:c08b) Logitech G502 HERO SE
WARN: On this platform, libusb does not have hotplug capability; device disconnection will not be detected properly
ERROR: REGISTER_HID: libusb error: Entity not found
WARN: Register HID keyboard failed

PS (admin) ~>  scrcpy --otg -M
scrcpy 1.24 <https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy>
INFO: Killing adb daemon (if any)...
INFO: USB device: 0D6F385C3731 (046d:c08b) Logitech G502 HERO SE
WARN: On this platform, libusb does not have hotplug capability; device disconnection will not be detected properly
ERROR: REGISTER_HID: libusb error: Entity not found
WARN: Register HID mouse failed

PS (admin) ~>  scrcpy --otg -Vdebug
scrcpy 1.24 <https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy>
INFO: Killing adb daemon (if any)...
DEBUG: Open USB device 04e8:6860: libusb error: Operation not supported or unimplemented on this platform
DEBUG: USB device found:
DEBUG:     -->       0D6F385C3731 (046d:c08b)  Logitech G502 HERO SE
INFO: USB device: 0D6F385C3731 (046d:c08b) Logitech G502 HERO SE
WARN: On this platform, libusb does not have hotplug capability; device disconnection will not be detected properly
ERROR: REGISTER_HID: libusb error: Entity not found
WARN: Register HID keyboard failed

PS (admin) ~>  scrcpy --otg -s 0D6F385C3731 -Vdebug
scrcpy 1.24 <https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy>
INFO: Killing adb daemon (if any)...
DEBUG: Open USB device 04e8:6860: libusb error: Operation not supported or unimplemented on this platform
DEBUG: USB device found:
DEBUG:     -->       0D6F385C3731 (046d:c08b)  Logitech G502 HERO SE
INFO: USB device: 0D6F385C3731 (046d:c08b) Logitech G502 HERO SE
WARN: On this platform, libusb does not have hotplug capability; device disconnection will not be detected properly
ERROR: REGISTER_HID: libusb error: Entity not found
WARN: Register HID keyboard failed

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  • Comments: 18 (1 by maintainers)

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I just tried this on my Windows 11 and Galaxy S22 Ultra. It didn’t worked at first, but reading the other issues I saw users complaining about different ADB/Device drivers for their devices.

With the official Samsung Android USB drivers installed it didn’t work. I uninstalled this package from Control panel, then I uninstalled the drivers from Windows Device Manager.

After uninstalling all drivers, it works: 2023-01-03_01-46-23

Windows 11 + S22 Ultra Android 13 + without official Samsung Android drivers - it works excellent.

With the official Samsung drivers I get the following error: image

@geekaz01d I recommend you to try different ADB drivers for your device and see if it works. Some documentation about USB drivers from Google: https://developer.android.com/studio/run/oem-usb#Drivers. Maybe you find something there

Offtopic: @rom1v I appreciate all your work, excellent application and blog posts about the app development. I learned a lot from you! Thank you a lot for your hard work!

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micku7zu on Jan 3, 2023

It seems it does not detect your device over USB (but it happens to detect a mouse, so of course it does not work).

My aim is to get a clear answer as to whether otg support for windows is confirmed a no-go or not.

On Windows, it works, except when it does not. 😉

Try without USB debugging enabled (#3050), or try on Linux.

+3
rom1v on Jan 2, 2023

I just added a FAQ entry: https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy/blob/master/FAQ.md#hidotg-issues-on-windows

+2
rom1v on Jan 3, 2023

Ok, I’ve played a little bit more with the drivers, and at least for me, with the Google USB Driver everything works (ADB, scrcpy, scrcpy --otg), but you need to do some extra steps to install them.

  1. Uninstall all Android USB drivers from Windows Control panel.
  2. Open Device Manager and uninstall all drivers for your Android device
  3. Download and unzip the Google USB Driver ZIP file from here: https://developer.android.com/studio/run/win-usb
  4. Open Device manager -> Right click your device -> Update driver -> Browse for drivers on your computer -> Browse the unzipped folder -> Let me pick from a list of available drivers -> Show all devices -> Have disk -> Browse for android_winusb.inf from unzipped folder -> Choose Android ADB Interface

https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/3103859/210287349-fd0e3cbc-5506-4d75-a4a9-f6baada2ceeb.mp4

+2
micku7zu on Jan 3, 2023

If scrcpy can’t be made to work with those samsung drivers, it would be nice if it could detect them to identify the issue. Thanks

+1
mdell-seradex on Jul 2, 2023

Hey guys, i’m using a workbased laptop (HP EliteBook Win10) and a workbased tablet (Panasonic FZ-A3) and i would love to use the keyboard / mouse HID configuration, since i can’t root my tablet or make USB Debugging work.

Here’s what i get: image

What do i choose in the tablet for the USB: File Transfer / PTP / Nothing ? Thanks.

+1
kliffi01 on Mar 20, 2023

Thank you for the details 👍

I installed Ubuntu 22.04 on my laptop and tested scrcpy…

In Ubuntu 22.04, the packaged scrcpy version (1.21) is too old (it’s 1.24 in Ubuntu 22.10). Uninstall the package and install the latest version manually: https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy/blob/master/BUILD.md#simple

+1
rom1v on Jan 3, 2023
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