Screen Capture

[jammas615]

hi, i was wanting to capture realtime screen activity and save to video. How should i go about this?
Thanks.

[Computergeek01]

That's a platform specific task, so step one would be to give us more detail.

[jammas615]

well i'd be using a console but i'm not to sure what ya mean by platform, as in windows? yes then. it really is just supposed to be a program where you literally just enter the filename and press enter, then something else to stop and thats it, nothing complicated at all.

[Computergeek01]

In that case you would want a log file. Actuall screen capturing software in Windows requires a hardware driver and those are a good three month project to write if you have never done it before. Don't kill a fly with a cannon ball.

EDIT: Relavent - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd757692(VS.85).aspx I can tell you first hand that these functions themselves are pretty easy to use, but getting or writting that driver has been a roadblock for me personally.