Getting Started in C#ByteScout Screen Capturing SDK

The following example demonstrates how to use Screen Capturer ActiveX in Visual C# .NET and capture video from screen into AVI video file.

Before using the code, click Project and Add Reference.., switch to COM tab and select BytescoutScreenCapturingLib in the list of available ActiveX and COM objects and click OK as shown on the screenshot below:

net add reference to capturerlib
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading;
using System.Diagnostics;

using BytescoutScreenCapturingLib; // import bytescout screen capturing activex object 

namespace SimpleCaptureCSharp
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            CapturerClass capturer = new CapturerClass(); // 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 .WVM or .AVI filename

            // set output video width and height
            capturer.OutputWidth = 640;
            capturer.OutputHeight = 480;

          // 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 

            Thread.Sleep(15000); // wait for 15 seconds

            capturer.Stop(); // stop video capturing

            Process.Start("EntireScreenCaptured.wmv");
        }
    }
}