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How to record screen video from given window in VB.NET using ByteScout Screen Capturing SDK

How to code in VB.NET to record screen video from given window with this step-by-step tutorial

Every ByteScout tool contains example VB.NET source codes that you can find here or in the folder with installed ByteScout product. ByteScout Screen Capturing SDK can record screen video from given window. It can be used from VB.NET. ByteScout Screen Capturing SDK is the tool for developers who want to add screen capturing in their application. Can record screen into video and into single screenshots. Output formats are WMV, AVI, WebM for video and PNG for screenshots. You can adjust output video size, quality, resolution, framerate, video and audio codecs. Includes special privacy features for blacking out sensitive information on screen. Can also capture video from web camera, can add overlays with text or images.

VB.NET code samples for VB.NET developers help to speed up coding of your application when using ByteScout Screen Capturing SDK. Just copy and paste the code into your VB.NET application’s code and follow the instruction. You can use these VB.NET sample examples in one or many applications.

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Module1.vb
      
Imports System.Threading Imports System.Diagnostics Imports BytescoutScreenCapturingLib ' import bytescout screen capturer activex object ' NOTE: if you are getting error like "invalid image" related to loading the SDK's dll then ' try to do the following: ' 1) remove the reference to the SDK by View - Solution Explorer ' then click on References, select Bytescout... reference name and right-click it and select Remove ' 2) To re-add click on the menu: Project - Add Reference ' 3) In "Add Reference" dialog switch to "COM" tab and find Bytescout... ' 4) Select it and click "Add" ' 5) Recompile the application ' Note: if you need to run on both x64 and x86 then please make sure you have set "Embed Interop Types" to True for this reference Module Module1 Sub Main() ' create capturer class Dim capturer As New Capturer() ' set capturing area to the region type (to capture from given region on the screen) capturer.CapturingType = CaptureAreaType.catWindow ' output video filename capturer.OutputFileName = "CaptureGivenWindow.wmv" ' set output video filename to .WMV or .AVI file ' set the window to capture from MsgBox("Please run Internet Explorer (this sample will capture video from IE) and click OK") ' set the title (or name) of the window to capture from capturer.WindowToCapture = "Internet Explorer" ' set width and height of output video 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 ' set border style capturer.CaptureAreaBorderType = CaptureAreaBorderType.cabtDashed ' 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" ' uncomment to enable recording of semitransparent or layered windows (Warning: may cause mouse cursor flickering) ' capturer.CaptureTransparentControls = true ' start capturing 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("Capturing entire screen for 20 seconds...") ' wait for 20 seconds Thread.Sleep(20000) ' stop capturing and flush WMV or AVI video file into the disk capturer.Stop() ' Release(Resources) System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComObject(capturer) capturer = Nothing Console.WriteLine("Done") ' open the output video Process.Start("CaptureGivenWindow.wmv") End Sub End Module

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