Capture Screen Video with Webcamera Overlay - C#
Screen Capturing SDK sample in C# demonstrating ‘Capture Screen Video with Webcamera Overlay’
Program.cs
using System;
using System.Threading;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Drawing;
using BytescoutScreenCapturingLib; // import bytescout screen capturing 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
namespace CaptureWithWebcameraOverlay
{
class Program
{
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");
}
}
}