Capture Screen Video with Time Stamp - VBScript and VB6
Screen Capturing SDK sample in VBScript and VB6 demonstrating ‘Capture Screen Video with Time Stamp’
CaptureScreenAddRedTimeStamp.vbs
' create video capturer activex object
Set capturer = CreateObject("BytescoutScreenCapturing.Capturer")
' set output video file name to .WMV or .AVI file
capturer.OutputFileName = "CaptureScreenAddRedTimeStamp.wmv"
' set capturing type to the caScreen =3 to capture the entire screen
capturer.CapturingType = 3
' output video width
capturer.OutputWidth = 640
' output video height
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.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
MsgBox "SDK will now record 15 seconds with date time overlay text added on top of the video"
' run video 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
' wait for 15 sec
WScript.Sleep(15000)
' stop capturing
capturer.Stop()
' destroy Capturer object so the video will be saved into the disk
Set capturer = Nothing
MsgBox "Done! Check CaptureScreenAddRedTimeStamp.wmv file"