private void btnPauseRecording_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
bool captureToAvi = (tabControl1.SelectedIndex == 1);
if (captureToAvi)
{
MessageBox.Show("Pausing is only available for WMV format yet.");
return;
}
if (!_paused)
{
capturer.Pause();
_paused = true;
btnPauseRecording.Text = "Resume recodring";
}
else
{
// Resume capturing
capturer.Run();
_paused = false;
btnPauseRecording.Text = "Pause recording";
}
}
public static void ThreadProc(Object obj)
{
CapturingThreadData data = (CapturingThreadData)obj;
data.Success = true;
// Prepare Capturer:
Capturer capturer = new Capturer(); // create new screen capturer object
capturer.RegistrationName = "demo";
capturer.RegistrationKey = "demo";
capturer.CaptureRectLeft = data.CaptureRectangle.Left;
capturer.CaptureRectTop = data.CaptureRectangle.Top;
capturer.CaptureRectWidth = data.CaptureRectangle.Width;
capturer.CaptureRectHeight = data.CaptureRectangle.Height;
capturer.OutputWidth = 640;
capturer.OutputHeight = 480;
// 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;
capturer.CaptureRectWidth = 320;
capturer.CaptureRectHeight = 240;
data.TempFile = Path.GetTempFileName();
data.TempFile = Path.ChangeExtension(data.TempFile, ".wmv");
capturer.OutputFileName = data.TempFile;
capturer.CapturingType = data.CaptureType;
// set border around captured area if we are not capturing entire screen
if (capturer.CapturingType != CaptureAreaType.catScreen &&
capturer.CapturingType != CaptureAreaType.catWebcamFullScreen)
{
capturer.CaptureAreaBorderType = CaptureAreaBorderType.cabtDashed;
capturer.CaptureAreaBorderColor = (uint)ColorTranslator.ToOle(Color.Red);
}
// Wait for events:
WaitHandle[] events = new WaitHandle[] { data.StartOrResumeEvent, data.PauseEvent, data.StopEvent };
try
{
while (true)
{
int i = WaitHandle.WaitAny(events);
if (events[i] == data.StartOrResumeEvent)
{
if (!capturer.IsRunning)
{
capturer.Run();
}
}
else if (events[i] == data.PauseEvent)
{
if (capturer.IsRunning)
{
capturer.Pause();
}
}
else if (events[i] == data.StopEvent)
{
capturer.Stop();
break;
}
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
data.ErrorText = ex.Message;
data.Success = false;
}
finally
{
// Release resources
Marshal.ReleaseComObject(capturer);
}
}
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);
Console.WriteLine("Capturing entire screen for 10 seconds...");
Thread.Sleep(10000); // wait for 10 seconds
capturer.Pause(); // pause recording
Console.WriteLine("Recording paused. Press any key to resume and record 2nd part...");
Console.ReadKey();
Console.WriteLine("Resuming the recording for another 5 seconds...");
Thread.Sleep(5000); // wait for 5 seconds while recording
capturer.Stop(); // finally stop the recording
Console.WriteLine("Done! Press any key to exit");
Console.ReadKey();
// Release resources
System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComObject(capturer);
capturer = null;
Console.WriteLine("Done");
Process.Start("EntireScreenCaptured.wmv");
}
