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.webm"; // set output video filename to .WMV, WEBM or .AVI file
// set output video width and height
capturer.OutputWidth = 640;
capturer.OutputHeight = 480;
// WEBM output uses 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;
// uncomment to enable recording of semitransparent or layered windows (Warning: may cause mouse cursor flickering)
// capturer.CaptureTransparentControls = true;
// 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 20 seconds...");
Thread.Sleep(15000); // wait for 15 seconds
capturer.Stop(); // stop video capturing
// Release resources
System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComObject(capturer);
capturer = null;
Console.WriteLine("Done");
Process.Start("EntireScreenCaptured.webm");
}
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
// Set webcamera device by name (.CurrentWebCamname property)
// or set it by index using .CurrentWebCam property
capturer.CurrentWebCam = 0;
// Set rectangle to show overlaying video from webcam into the rectangle 160x120 (starting with left point at 10, 10)
capturer.SetWebCamVideoRectangle(10, 10, 160, 120);
// Enable webcam overlaying capture device
capturer.AddWebCamVideo = true;
capturer.OutputFileName = "ScreenWithWebCameraCaptured.wmv"; // set output video filename to .WMV or .AVI file
// set output video width and 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;
// uncomment to enable recording of semitransparent or layered windows (Warning: may cause mouse cursor flickering)
// capturer.CaptureTransparentControls = true;
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.Stop(); // stop video capturing
// Release resources
System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComObject(capturer);
capturer = null;
Console.WriteLine("Done");
Process.Start("ScreenWithWebCameraCaptured.wmv");
}
bool SetProject(Project project, ProjectType projectType, CaptureSettings props)
{
if (OpenedProject != null)
{
CloseOpenedProject(true);
}
Log.Debug("Loading project " + project.ID + " " + projectType);
PlaysFilter = new EventsFilter(project);
project.CleanupTimers();
guiToolkit.OpenProject(project, projectType, props, PlaysFilter,
out analysisWindow);
Player = analysisWindow.Player;
Capturer = analysisWindow.Capturer;
OpenedProject = project;
OpenedProjectType = projectType;
if (projectType == ProjectType.FileProject)
{
// Check if the file associated to the project exists
if (!project.Description.FileSet.CheckFiles())
{
if (!guiToolkit.SelectMediaFiles(project))
{
CloseOpenedProject(true);
return(false);
}
}
try {
Player.Open(project.Description.FileSet);
} catch (Exception ex) {
Log.Exception(ex);
guiToolkit.ErrorMessage(Catalog.GetString("An error occurred opening this project:") + "\n" + ex.Message);
CloseOpenedProject(false);
return(false);
}
}
else if (projectType == ProjectType.CaptureProject ||
projectType == ProjectType.URICaptureProject ||
projectType == ProjectType.FakeCaptureProject)
{
try {
Capturer.Run(props, project.Description.FileSet.First());
} catch (Exception ex) {
Log.Exception(ex);
guiToolkit.ErrorMessage(ex.Message);
CloseOpenedProject(false);
return(false);
}
}
EmitProjectChanged();
return(true);
}
private bool SetProject(Project project, ProjectType projectType, CaptureSettings props)
{
if (OpenedProject != null)
{
CloseOpenedProject(true);
}
if (projectType == ProjectType.FileProject)
{
// Check if the file associated to the project exists
if (!File.Exists(project.Description.File.FilePath))
{
guiToolkit.WarningMessage(Catalog.GetString("The file associated to this project doesn't exist.") + "\n"
+ Catalog.GetString("If the location of the file has changed try to edit it with the database manager."));
CloseOpenedProject(true);
return(false);
}
try {
Player.Open(project.Description.File.FilePath);
}
catch (Exception ex) {
guiToolkit.ErrorMessage(Catalog.GetString("An error occurred opening this project:") + "\n" + ex.Message);
CloseOpenedProject(true);
return(false);
}
}
else
{
if (projectType == ProjectType.CaptureProject ||
projectType == ProjectType.URICaptureProject)
{
Capturer.CaptureProperties = props;
try {
Capturer.Type = CapturerType.Live;
} catch (Exception ex) {
guiToolkit.ErrorMessage(ex.Message);
CloseOpenedProject(false);
return(false);
}
}
else
{
Capturer.Type = CapturerType.Fake;
}
Capturer.Run();
}
OpenedProject = project;
OpenedProjectType = projectType;
PlaysFilter = new PlaysFilter(project);
mainWindow.SetProject(project, projectType, props, PlaysFilter);
EmitProjectChanged();
return(true);
}
private void buttonStart_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
string fileName = string.Format("screencast{0}.wmv", ++_screencastCount);
// Start screen recording
_capturer.OutputFileName = fileName;
_capturer.Run();
buttonStart.Enabled = false;
buttonStop.Enabled = true;
buttonScreenshot.Enabled = true;
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
try
{
// Create Capturer instance.
Capturer capturer = new Capturer();
// Set capturing area type to catScreen to capture entire screen.
capturer.CapturingType = CaptureAreaType.catScreen;
// Set output video file name.
// (!) The file extension defines the output video format (.WVM or .AVI).
capturer.OutputFileName = "EntireScreenCaptured.wmv";
// Set output video width and height
capturer.OutputWidth = 1024;
capturer.OutputHeight = 600;
// Start capturing .
capturer.Run();
Console.WriteLine("Capturing entire screen for 10 seconds...");
// Wait for 10 seconds...
new ManualResetEvent(false).WaitOne(10000);
// Stop capturing.
capturer.Stop();
// Release objects
Marshal.ReleaseComObject(capturer);
Console.WriteLine("Done");
Process.Start("EntireScreenCaptured.wmv");
}
finally
{
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine("Press any key to exit");
Console.ReadKey();
}
}
void Configure()
{
VideoMuxerType muxer;
if (Capturer == null)
{
videowindow.Visible = false;
return;
}
/* We need to use Matroska for live replay and remux when the capture is done */
muxer = settings.EncodingSettings.EncodingProfile.Muxer;
if (muxer == VideoMuxerType.Avi || muxer == VideoMuxerType.Mp4)
{
settings.EncodingSettings.EncodingProfile.Muxer = VideoMuxerType.Matroska;
}
Capturer.Configure(settings, videowindow.WindowHandle);
settings.EncodingSettings.EncodingProfile.Muxer = muxer;
delayStart = false;
Capturer.Run();
videowindow.MessageVisible = true;
}
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);
}
}
public static void ThreadProc(Object obj)
{
Capturer capturer = new Capturer(); // create new screen capturer object
CapturingThreadData data = (CapturingThreadData)obj;
if (Program.Cfg.WriteLog)
{
capturer.SetLogFile(Path.GetTempPath() + Application.ProductName + " log.txt");
}
capturer.RegistrationName = "demo";
capturer.RegistrationKey = "demo";
if (Program.Cfg.AudioDevice != "")
{
capturer.CurrentAudioDeviceName = Program.Cfg.AudioDevice;
}
if (Program.Cfg.AudioLine != "")
{
capturer.CurrentAudioDeviceLineName = Program.Cfg.AudioLine;
}
if (Program.Cfg.SelectedVideoCodecTab == 0)
{
capturer.CurrentWMVAudioCodecName = Program.Cfg.WmvAudioCodec;
capturer.CurrentWMVAudioFormat = Program.Cfg.WmvAudioFormat;
capturer.CurrentWMVVideoCodecName = Program.Cfg.WmvVideoCodec;
Program.Cfg.WmvAudioCodec = capturer.CurrentWMVAudioCodecName;
Program.Cfg.WmvAudioFormat = capturer.CurrentWMVAudioFormat;
Program.Cfg.WmvVideoCodec = capturer.CurrentWMVVideoCodecName;
}
else
{
capturer.CurrentAudioCodecName = Program.Cfg.AviAudioCodec;
capturer.CurrentVideoCodecName = Program.Cfg.AviVideoCodec;
}
capturer.AudioEnabled = Program.Cfg.EnableAudio;
// this option tells to use captured area dimensions as output video width/height
// or use user defined video dimensions
capturer.MatchOutputSizeToTheSourceSize = !Program.Cfg.ResizeOutputVideo;
capturer.FPS = Program.Cfg.FPS;
capturer.ShowMouseHotSpot = Program.Cfg.ShowMouseHotSpot;
capturer.CaptureMouseCursor = Program.Cfg.CaptureMouseCursor;
capturer.AnimateMouseClicks = Program.Cfg.AnimateMouseClicks;
capturer.AnimateMouseButtons = Program.Cfg.AnimateMouseButtons;
capturer.MouseAnimationDuration = Program.Cfg.MouseAnimationDuration;
capturer.MouseSpotRadius = Program.Cfg.MouseSpotRadius;
capturer.MouseHotSpotColor = (uint)ColorTranslator.ToOle(Program.Cfg.MouseHotSpotColor);
capturer.MouseCursorLeftClickAnimationColor = (uint)ColorTranslator.ToOle(Program.Cfg.MouseCursorLeftClickAnimationColor);
capturer.MouseCursorRightClickAnimationColor = (uint)ColorTranslator.ToOle(Program.Cfg.MouseCursorRightClickAnimationColor);
capturer.CaptureRectLeft = data.CaptureRectangle.Left;
capturer.CaptureRectTop = data.CaptureRectangle.Top;
capturer.CaptureRectWidth = data.CaptureRectangle.Width;
capturer.CaptureRectHeight = data.CaptureRectangle.Height;
capturer.KeepAspectRatio = Program.Cfg.KeepAspectRatio;
// show recording time stamp
capturer.OverlayingRedTextCaption = "Recording: {RUNNINGMIN}:{RUNNINGSEC}:{RUNNINGMSEC} on {CURRENTYEAR}-{CURRENTMONTH}-{CURRENTDAY} at {CURRENTHOUR}:{CURRENTMIN}:{CURRENTSEC}:{CURRENTMSEC}";
capturer.OutputWidth = Program.Cfg.OutputWidth;
capturer.OutputHeight = Program.Cfg.OutputHeight;
if ((capturer.WebCamCount > 0) && (data.ShowWebCamStream))
{
capturer.AddWebCamVideo = true;
if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(Program.Cfg.WebCameraDevice))
{
capturer.CurrentWebCamName = Program.Cfg.WebCameraDevice;
}
capturer.SetWebCamVideoRectangle(Program.Cfg.WebCameraWindowX, Program.Cfg.WebCameraWindowY, Program.Cfg.WebCameraWindowWidth, Program.Cfg.WebCameraWindowHeight);
}
data.TempFile = Path.GetTempFileName();
data.TempFile = Path.ChangeExtension(data.TempFile, (Program.Cfg.SelectedVideoCodecTab == 0) ? ".wmv" : ".avi");
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)
{
// set border style
capturer.CaptureAreaBorderType = Program.Cfg.CaptureAreaBorderType;
capturer.CaptureAreaBorderColor = (uint)ColorTranslator.ToOle(Program.Cfg.CaptureAreaBorderColor);
capturer.CaptureAreaBorderWidth = Program.Cfg.CaptureAreaBorderWidth;
}
try
{
capturer.Run();
// 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
}
catch (COMException ex)
{
data.ErrorText = ex.Message;
data.Result = 1;
Marshal.ReleaseComObject(capturer);
return;
}
try
{
Thread.Sleep(Timeout.Infinite);
}
catch (ThreadInterruptedException)
{
capturer.Stop();
data.Result = 0;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
data.ErrorText = ex.Message;
data.Result = 1;
}
finally
{
Marshal.ReleaseComObject(capturer);
}
}
private void btnStartRecording_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
// Set up the capturer
if (cbLog.Checked)
{
capturer.SetLogFile(Path.GetTempPath() + "Capturing Log.txt");
}
bool captureToAvi = (tabControl1.SelectedIndex == 1);
capturer.AudioEnabled = cbEnableAudio.Checked;
capturer.CurrentAudioDeviceName = cmbAudioDevices.SelectedItem.ToString();
if (cmbAudioLines.Items.Count > 0)
{
capturer.CurrentAudioDeviceLineName = cmbAudioLines.SelectedItem.ToString();
}
if (captureToAvi)
{
capturer.CurrentAudioCodecName = cmbAviAudioCodecs.SelectedItem.ToString();
capturer.CurrentVideoCodecName = cmbAviVideoCodecs.SelectedItem.ToString();
}
else // capture to WMV
{
capturer.CurrentWMVAudioCodecName = cmbWmvAudioCodecs.SelectedItem.ToString();
capturer.CurrentWMVAudioFormat = cmbWmvAudioFormats.SelectedIndex;
capturer.CurrentWMVVideoCodecName = cmbWmvVideoCodecs.SelectedItem.ToString();
}
capturer.MouseAnimationDuration = 400;
capturer.FPS = float.Parse(cmbFPS.Text);
capturer.CaptureTransparentControls = cbCaptureLayeredWindows.Checked;
capturer.MouseSpotRadius = (int)nudMouseHotSpot.Value;
capturer.OutputWidth = int.Parse(tbWidth.Text);
capturer.OutputHeight = int.Parse(tbHeight.Text);
// Set capturing mode
if (rbRectRegion.Checked)
{
capturer.CapturingType = CaptureAreaType.catRegion;
}
else if (rbRegionAroundMouse.Checked)
{
capturer.CapturingType = CaptureAreaType.catMouse;
}
else
{
capturer.CapturingType = CaptureAreaType.catScreen;
}
if (cbShowWebCamOverlay.Checked)
{
// Set web camera device to add overlaying video to the source
capturer.AddWebCamVideo = true;
// Set device name or you can set device by index using .CurrentCaptureDevice property
capturer.CurrentWebCam = cmbWebCameras.SelectedIndex;
// Set rectangle to show overlaying video from webcam into the rectangle 160x120 (starting with left point at 10,10)
capturer.SetWebCamVideoRectangle(
int.Parse(tbWebCameraX.Text),
int.Parse(tbWebCameraY.Text),
int.Parse(tbWebCameraWidth.Text),
int.Parse(tbWebCameraHeight.Text));
}
// 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);
}
// Save to temp file
String filename = Path.GetTempFileName();
filename = Path.ChangeExtension(filename, captureToAvi ? "avi" : "wmv");
capturer.OutputFileName = filename;
try
{
// Start capturing
try
{
Cursor = Cursors.WaitCursor;
capturer.Run();
}
finally
{
Cursor = Cursors.Default;
}
_recording = true;
btnStartRecording.Enabled = false;
btnPauseRecording.Enabled = true;
btnStopRecording.Enabled = true;
// Wait for "Stop Recording" button pressed
while (_recording)
{
Thread.Sleep(10);
Application.DoEvents();
}
// Stop capturing
try
{
Cursor = Cursors.WaitCursor;
capturer.Stop();
}
finally
{
Cursor = Cursors.Default;
}
// Ask for output file name
SaveFileDialog dlg = new SaveFileDialog();
dlg.Title = @"Save captured video as";
dlg.FileName = @"Screencast";
if (captureToAvi)
{
dlg.DefaultExt = @"*.avi";
dlg.Filter = @"AVI files (*.avi)|*.avi|All files (*.*)|*.*";
}
else
{
dlg.DefaultExt = @"*.wmv";
dlg.Filter = @"WMV files (*.wmv)|*.wmv|All files (*.*)|*.*";
}
if (dlg.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
{
// Save to specified file name
File.Copy(capturer.OutputFileName, dlg.FileName, true);
}
// clean up
try
{
File.Delete(capturer.OutputFileName);
}
catch
{
}
btnStartRecording.Enabled = true;
btnPauseRecording.Enabled = false;
btnStopRecording.Enabled = false;
// open saved video in default video viewer
try
{
Process.Start(dlg.FileName);
}
catch
{
}
}
catch (COMException ex)
{
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
}
}
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 = "LowFPS.wmv"; // set output video filename to .WMV or .AVI file
// set WMV video codec to Windows Media Video 9 Screen that gives best quality/size ratio when recording from screen
capturer.CurrentWMVVideoCodecName = "Windows Media Video 9 Screen";
// disable audio so we will have a video only (and the lowest wmv file size as possible: about 20 kb per 1 second, about 70 mb per 1 hour
capturer.AudioEnabled = false;
// set FPS to 0.5 fps (1 frame per every 2 seconds)
// you may also want to set to 1 fps (1 frame per 1 second or higher)
capturer.FPS = 0.50f;
// 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 output video width and height
capturer.OutputWidth = 640;
capturer.OutputHeight = 480;
// set the text overlay with autochanging time stamp macros to indicate playing time and current date time
capturer.OverlayingRedTextCaption = "Recording: {RUNNINGMIN}:{RUNNINGSEC}:{RUNNINGMSEC} on {CURRENTYEAR}-{CURRENTMONTH}-{CURRENTDAY} at {CURRENTHOUR}:{CURRENTMIN}:{CURRENTSEC}:{CURRENTMSEC}";
// uncomment to enable recording of semitransparent or layered windows (Warning: may cause mouse cursor flickering)
// capturer.CaptureTransparentControls = true;
// 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);
}
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 5 seconds...");
Thread.Sleep(5000); // wait for 5 seconds
capturer.Stop(); // stop video capturing
// Release resources
System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComObject(capturer);
capturer = null;
Console.WriteLine("Done");
Process.Start("LowFPS.wmv");
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Capturer capturer = new Capturer(); // create new screen capturer object
if (args.Length < 1)
{
usage(capturer);
return;
}
capturer.OutputFileName = args[0];
capturer.CapturingType = CaptureAreaType.catRegion;
setParams(args, capturer);
// 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 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;
try
{
capturer.Run();
// 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("Starting capture - Hit a key to stop ...");
string s = capturer.CurrentVideoCodecName;
Console.WriteLine(string.Format("Using video compressor - {0}", s));
s = capturer.CurrentAudioCodecName;
Console.WriteLine(string.Format("Using audio compressor - {0}", s));
s = capturer.CurrentAudioDeviceLineName;
Console.WriteLine(string.Format("Using audio input line - {0}", s));
int i = 0;
string spin = "|/-\\";
while (Win32Interop._kbhit() == 0)
{
Console.Write(string.Format("\rEncoding {0}", spin[i++]));
i %= 4;
Thread.Sleep(50);
}
capturer.Stop();
// Release resources
System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComObject(capturer);
capturer = null;
Console.Write("\nDone");
Console.Read();
}
catch (Exception)
{
Console.WriteLine(capturer.LastError);
}
}