static void Main(string[] args)
{
Capturer capturer = new Capturer(); // create new screen capturer object
capturer.CapturingType = CaptureAreaType.catScreen; // set capturing area type to catScreen to capture whole screen
capturer.OutputFileName = "EntireScreenCaptured.wmv"; // set output video filename to .WMV or .AVI file
// set output video width and height
capturer.OutputWidth = 640;
capturer.OutputHeight = 480;
// uncomment to enable recording of semitransparent or layered windows (Warning: may cause mouse cursor flickering)
// capturer.CaptureTransparentControls = true;
// WMV and WEBM output use WMVVideoBitrate property to control output video bitrate
// so try to increase it by x2 or x3 times if you think the output video are you are getting is laggy
// capturer.WMVVideoBitrate = capturer.WMVVideoBitrate * 2;
// set border around captured area if we are not capturing entire screen
if (
capturer.CapturingType != CaptureAreaType.catScreen &&
capturer.CapturingType != CaptureAreaType.catWebcamFullScreen
)
{
// set border style
capturer.CaptureAreaBorderType = CaptureAreaBorderType.cabtDashed;
capturer.CaptureAreaBorderColor = (uint)ColorTranslator.ToOle(Color.Red);
}
// uncomment to set Bytescout Lossless Video format output video compression method
// do not forget to set file to .avi format if you use Video Codec Name
// capturer.CurrentVideoCodecName = "Bytescout Lossless";
capturer.Run(); // run screen video capturing
// IMPORTANT: if you want to check for some code if need to stop the recording then make sure you are
// using Thread.Sleep(1) inside the checking loop, so you have the loop like
// Do {
// Thread.Sleep(1)
// }
// While(StopButtonNotClicked);
// wait for 1 second (1000 msec)
Thread.Sleep(1000);
Console.WriteLine("Adding blackout regions after 1 sec of recording...");
capturer.BlackoutAddArea(20, 100, 500, 80);
capturer.BlackoutAddArea(10, 200, 550, 80);
capturer.BlackoutAddArea(20, 400, 550, 120);
// wait for 15 seconds (15000 msec)
Thread.Sleep(15000);
Console.WriteLine("Remove blackout regions...");
// reset all blackouts
capturer.BlackoutReset();
// wait for 9 seconds more
Thread.Sleep(9000);
capturer.Stop(); // stop video capturing
// Release resources
System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComObject(capturer);
capturer = null;
Console.WriteLine("Done");
Process.Start("EntireScreenCaptured.wmv");
}