Streaming from the Meta Quest Headset (with Pass-Through)

Note

The Manager app itself does not stream video directly, but you can use the included streaming tools to capture gameplay (with pass-through) from Quest headsets.

Simple setup

1. First-time connection

   • Plug the headset into your PC via USB.
   • You must repeat this step after a headset restart or if ADB is used from another PC.

2. Download the toolset (Windows or macOS)

   https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Lg8_UuqdL684hmial2fm_BOh2-wS1RZq?usp=sharing

3. Set headset IP address

   • On the headset: Settings > Wi-Fi > (your connected network) > Scroll down > IP address
   • In the downloaded folder, open Headsets_IP_Address.txt and:
     • Enter the headset IP address (you can add multiple, but start with just one).
     • Use # to comment out addresses you don’t need.
     • Save the file.

   

4. Run the provided scripts (double-click or drag into Terminal on macOS):

   • Quest_streaming

     • Lets you choose resolution (1920p or 1280p).

       

     • Recommended and most performant method.

     • Supports streaming from up to 8 headsets simultaneously.

     • Captures both eyes view.

     • Use OBS (or other software) to crop and broadcast the feed.

       

   • Quest_streaming_cropped

     • Uses included ffplay library to crop the image (showing only one eye).
     • Much less performant.
     • Not recommended for more than 2 simultaneous streams (depends on PC performance).

     

Tip

Always test your setup with one headset first to confirm smooth streaming before scaling up to multiple devices.

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Advanced setup

Requirements

• A PC (Windows, macOS, or Linux).
• USB-C cable to connect the headset.
• ADB (Android Debug Bridge) installed (scrcpy requires it).
  • Download
  • sample setup on Windows
  • sample setup video
• scrcpy downloaded and extracted.
  • Windows
  • macOS

On the Meta Quest headset

1. Put on your headset.
2. Open Settings > System > Developer.
3. Enable USB Debugging.
   • If you haven’t already, you’ll need to enable Developer Mode in the Meta Quest mobile app first.

On your PC

1. Connect your Meta Quest to the PC via USB-C.
2. The headset will show a “Allow USB Debugging?” prompt — select Always allow from this computer and confirm.
3. Find your headset IP address (Settings > WiFi > scroll down to IP Address)
4. Connect your headset with USB cable to your PC
5. Accept the “Allow USB debugging” prompt inside the headset - Always allow
6. Run command: adb tcpip 5555
7. Disconnect the USB cable
8. adb connect IP_ADDRESS:5555
9. If you get cannot connect error
   1. adb kill-server
   2. adb tcpip 5555
   3. try adb connect again
10. It might ask for permission on the headset again
11. Then it should say: connected to IP_ADDRESS:5555
12. run scrcpy -s IP_ADDRESS:5555
    1. if your download folder of scrcpy is C:\scrcpy-win64-v3.3.1\scrcpy.exe run it as C:\scrcpy-win64-v3.3.1\scrcpy.exe -s IP_ADDRESS:5555
    2. similarly on macOS /DOWNLOAD_PATH/scrcpy-macos-aarch64-v3.3.1/scrcpy -s IP_ADDRESS:5555
    3. you can run it directly without the inserting the full path if you add scrcpy to to your common paths
    4. it works also without ip address, but you can use it to connect to multiple headsets

SCRCPY parameters

• —video-bit-rate=20M
• —max-size=1920
• —max-fps=30

ADB commands

• adb kill-server
• adb tcpip 5555
• adb connect IP_ADDRESS

Cropped version (stream)

• windows
• macOS:

  • /tmp/scrcpy.mkv is a record path

    scrcpy --video-codec=h264 --no-playback --max-size 4128 --record /tmp/scrcpy.mkv --record-format=mkv & \ ffplay -probesize 1M -analyzeduration 0 -fflags nobuffer -flags low_delay -i /tmp/scrcpy.mkv -vf "crop=iw/2:ih:iw/2:0,scale=-2:1080"