Start recording a video of the screen

[Icyculyr]

Hey, I want to record a video of the screen for this game I play, so I can like key records of how I did... etc...

Does anyone know how to do this?

Cheers

 

[JohnH]

here is a VB.Net sample from Code Project using Windows Media Encoder 9 to capture screen to video http://www.codeproject.com/vb/net/CaptureScreenAsVideo.asp

 

[Icyculyr]

Hi

Do all windows computers come with Windows Media Encoder 9? this needs to work for all my computers (I have a laptop with XP Home Edition SP2, my main work computer with XP Profession SP2, and I also have Vista on a laptop as well)

Cheers

 

[Icyculyr]

I get some COM error on the line 'encoder = new WMEncoder(), so I don't intend to go with that way, it needs to be easier, I am thinking API...

I was browsing local MSDN (on my computer)

and I found this link, if you open the Search thing in Visual Studio and put the link "ms-help://MS.VSCC.v90/MS.MSDNQTR.v90.en/multimed/htm/_win32_mci_record.htm" in (without the quotes) that looks pretty good to me...

Can you explain how I would include that into API?

Cheers

 

[Errods]

Have you installed the SDK..........

 

[Icyculyr]

if I have to install anything, then it's certainly not for me.. I want something that comes with windows that every user has, cheers...

O well, thanks anyway guys..

 

[JohnH]

Do all windows computers come with Windows Media Encoder 9? this needs to work for all my computers (I have a laptop with XP Home Edition SP2, my main work computer with XP Profession SP2, and I also have Vista on a laptop as well)

Proper deployment like ClickOnce and Setup Project takes care of what users need to run your application if they wish to install it.

I get some COM error on the line 'encoder = new WMEncoder(), so I don't intend to go with that way, it needs to be easier, I am thinking API...

You probably haven't installed the development tools.

if I have to install anything, then it's certainly not for me..

You did install Visual Studio? No? There are ready applications out there that records video of screen, but you have to pay, and install them

 

[MattP]

There are ready applications out there that records video of screen, but you have to pay, and install them

http://camstudio.org/ Not as fully featured as Camtasia but the price is right.

There is still the problem of Microsoft not anticipating need for this specific product and preinstalling it for him.

 

[Icyculyr]

Hmmm

I intend to sell this to other players (or try anyway lol)

I am using a setup project, how do I include the encoder stuff to be included with the setup, I also don't want to pay for anything though.

Cheers
Icyculyr

 

[Errods]

i suppose WMP 9 Codecs are free.........