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How to use RecordLoop method of FlaUI.Core.Capturing.VideoRecorder class

Best FlaUI code snippet using FlaUI.Core.Capturing.VideoRecorder.RecordLoop

VideoRecorder.cs

Source:VideoRecorder.cs

...46        /// <summary>47        /// The time since the recording started.48        /// </summary>49        public TimeSpan RecordTimeSpan => DateTime.UtcNow - _recordStartTime;50        private async Task RecordLoop()51        {52            var frameInterval = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1.0 / _settings.FrameRate);53            var sw = Stopwatch.StartNew();54            var frameCount = 0;55            var totalMissedFrames = 0;56            while (_shouldRecord)57            {58                var timestamp = DateTime.UtcNow;59                if (frameCount > 0)60                {61                    var requiredFrames = (int)Math.Floor(sw.Elapsed.TotalSeconds * _settings.FrameRate);62                    var diff = requiredFrames - frameCount;63                    if (diff >= 5)64                    {65                        Logger.Default.Warn($"Adding many ({diff}) missing frame(s) to \"{Path.GetFileName(TargetVideoPath)}\".");66                    }67                    for (var i = 0; i < diff; ++i)68                    {69                        _frames.Add(ImageData.RepeatImage);70                        ++frameCount;71                        ++totalMissedFrames;72                    }73                }74                using (var img = _captureMethod(this))75                {76                    var image = new ImageData77                    {78                        Data = BitmapToByteArray(img.Bitmap),79                        Width = img.Bitmap.Width,80                        Height = img.Bitmap.Height81                    };82                    _frames.Add(image);83                    ++frameCount;84                }85                var timeTillNextFrame = timestamp + frameInterval - DateTime.UtcNow;86                if (timeTillNextFrame > TimeSpan.Zero)87                {88                    await Task.Delay(timeTillNextFrame);89                }90            }91            if (totalMissedFrames > 0)92            {93                Logger.Default.Warn($"Totally added {totalMissedFrames} missing frame(s) to \"{Path.GetFileName(TargetVideoPath)}\".");94            }95        }96        private void WriteLoop()97        {98            var videoPipeName = $"flaui-capture-{Guid.NewGuid()}";99            var ffmpegIn = new NamedPipeServerStream(videoPipeName, PipeDirection.Out, 1, PipeTransmissionMode.Byte, PipeOptions.Asynchronous, 10000, 10000);100            const string pipePrefix = @"\\.\pipe\";101            Process ffmpegProcess = null;102            var isFirstFrame = true;103            ImageData lastImage = null;104            while (!_frames.IsCompleted)105            {106                _frames.TryTake(out var img, -1);107                if (img == null)108                {109                    // Happens when the queue is marked as completed110                    continue;111                }112                if (isFirstFrame)113                {114                    isFirstFrame = false;115                    Directory.CreateDirectory(new FileInfo(TargetVideoPath).Directory.FullName);116                    var videoInFormat = _settings.UseCompressedImages ? "" : "-f rawvideo"; // Used when sending raw bitmaps to the pipe117                    var videoInArgs = $"-framerate {_settings.FrameRate} {videoInFormat} -pix_fmt rgb32 -video_size {img.Width}x{img.Height} -i {pipePrefix}{videoPipeName}";118                    var videouOutCodec = _settings.VideoFormat == VideoFormat.x264119                        ? $"-c:v libx264 -crf {_settings.VideoQuality} -pix_fmt yuv420p -preset ultrafast"120                        : $"-c:v libxvid -qscale:v {_settings.VideoQuality}";121                    var videoOutArgs = $"{videouOutCodec} -r {_settings.FrameRate} -vf \"scale={img.Width.Even()}:{img.Height.Even()}\"";122                    ffmpegProcess = StartFFMpeg(_settings.ffmpegPath, $"-y -hide_banner -loglevel warning {videoInArgs} {videoOutArgs} \"{TargetVideoPath}\"");123                    ffmpegIn.WaitForConnection();124                }125                if (img.IsRepeatFrame)126                {127                    // Repeat the last frame128                    ffmpegIn.WriteAsync(lastImage.Data, 0, lastImage.Data.Length);129                }130                else131                {132                    // Write the received frame and save it as last image133                    ffmpegIn.WriteAsync(img.Data, 0, img.Data.Length);134                    if (lastImage != null)135                    {136                        lastImage.Dispose();137                        lastImage = null;138                        GC.Collect();139                    }140                    lastImage = img;141                }142            }143            ffmpegIn.Flush();144            ffmpegIn.Close();145            ffmpegIn.Dispose();146            ffmpegProcess?.WaitForExit();147        }148        /// <summary>149        /// Starts recording.150        /// </summary>151        private void Start()152        {153            _shouldRecord = true;154            _recordStartTime = DateTime.UtcNow;155            _recordTask = Task.Factory.StartNew(async () => await RecordLoop(), TaskCreationOptions.LongRunning);156            _writeTask = Task.Factory.StartNew(WriteLoop, TaskCreationOptions.LongRunning);157        }158        /// <summary>159        /// Stops recording and finishes the video file.160        /// </summary>161        public void Stop()162        {163            if (_recordTask != null)164            {165                _shouldRecord = false;166                _recordTask.Wait();167                _recordTask = null;168            }169            _frames.CompleteAdding();...

RecordLoop

Using AI Code Generation

1using System;2using System.Collections.Generic;3using System.Linq;4using System.Text;5using System.Threading.Tasks;6using FlaUI.Core.Capturing;7using FlaUI.Core.Definitions;8using FlaUI.Core.Input;9using FlaUI.Core.Tools;10using FlaUI.UIA3;11using System.Drawing;12using System.Drawing.Imaging;13using System.IO;14using System.Threading;15using System.Diagnostics;16using FlaUI.Core.AutomationElements;17using FlaUI.Core;18using FlaUI.Core.WindowsAPI;19using FlaUI.Core.WindowsAPI;20{21    {22        static void Main(string[] args)23        {24            using (var automation = new UIA3Automation())25            {26                var app = FlaUI.Core.Application.Launch("notepad.exe");27                var window = app.GetMainWindow(automation);28                window.SetForeground();29                var recorder = new VideoRecorder();30                recorder.RecordLoop(window, 5, "C:\\Users\\Public\\Videos\\TestVideo");31            }32        }33    }34}35using System;36using System.Collections.Generic;37using System.Linq;38using System.Text;39using System.Threading.Tasks;40using FlaUI.Core.Capturing;41using FlaUI.Core.Definitions;42using FlaUI.Core.Input;43using FlaUI.Core.Tools;44using FlaUI.UIA3;45using System.Drawing;46using System.Drawing.Imaging;47using System.IO;48using System.Threading;49using System.Diagnostics;50using FlaUI.Core.AutomationElements;51using FlaUI.Core;52using FlaUI.Core.WindowsAPI;53using FlaUI.Core.WindowsAPI;54{55    {56        static void Main(string[] args)57        {58            using (var automation = new UIA3Automation())59            {60                var app = FlaUI.Core.Application.Launch("notepad.exe");61                var window = app.GetMainWindow(automation);62                window.SetForeground();63                var recorder = new VideoRecorder();64                recorder.RecordToFile(window, "C:\\Users\\Public\\Videos\\TestVideo");65            }66        }67    }68}69using System;70using System.Collections.Generic;71using System.Linq;72using System.Text;73using System.Threading.Tasks;74using FlaUI.Core.Capturing;75using FlaUI.Core.Definitions;

RecordLoop

Using AI Code Generation

1using System;2using System.Diagnostics;3using System.IO;4using System.Threading;5using FlaUI.Core;6using FlaUI.Core.Capturing;7using FlaUI.Core.Input;8{9    {10        static void Main(string[] args)11        {12            var app = Application.Launch(@"C:\Windows\System32\calc.exe");13            var window = app.GetMainWindow(new TimeSpan(0, 0, 30));14            var recorder = new VideoRecorder(window);15            recorder.StartRecording();16            Thread.Sleep(5000);17            recorder.StopRecording();18            var path = Path.Combine(@"C:\Users\Public\Videos\FlaUI", "test.avi");19            recorder.SaveVideo(path);20        }21    }22}

RecordLoop

Using AI Code Generation

1using FlaUI.Core.Capturing;2using System;3using System.Diagnostics;4using System.IO;5using System.Threading;6{7    {8        static void Main(string[] args)9        {10            var recorder = new VideoRecorder();11            var videoPath = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "video.avi");12            recorder.RecordLoop(videoPath, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10), () =>13            {14                Process.Start("notepad.exe");15                Thread.Sleep(1000);16                Process.Start("calc.exe");17                Thread.Sleep(1000);18            });19        }20    }21}22using FlaUI.Core.Capturing;23using System;24using System.Diagnostics;25using System.IO;26using System.Threading;27{28    {29        static void Main(string[] args)30        {31            var recorder = new VideoRecorder();32            var videoPath = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "video.avi");33            recorder.Record(videoPath, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10), () =>34            {35                Process.Start("notepad.exe");36                Thread.Sleep(1000);37                Process.Start("calc.exe");38                Thread.Sleep(1000);39            });40        }41    }42}43using FlaUI.Core.Capturing;44using System;45using System.Diagnostics;46using System.IO;47using System.Threading;48{49    {50        static void Main(string[] args)51        {52            var recorder = new VideoRecorder();53            var videoPath = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "video.avi");54            recorder.Record(videoPath, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10), () =>55            {56                Process.Start("notepad.exe");57                Thread.Sleep(1000);58                Process.Start("calc.exe");59                Thread.Sleep(1000);60            });61        }62    }63}64using FlaUI.Core.Capturing;65using System;66using System.Diagnostics;67using System.IO;68using System.Threading;69{70    {71        static void Main(string[] args)72        {73            var recorder = new VideoRecorder();74            var videoPath = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "video.avi");

RecordLoop

Using AI Code Generation

1using FlaUI.Core.Capturing;2using FlaUI.Core.Definitions;3using FlaUI.Core.Tools;4using FlaUI.UIA3;5using System;6using System.IO;7using System.Threading;8using System.Windows.Forms;9{10    {11        static void Main(string[] args)12        {13            var automation = new UIA3Automation();14            var desktop = automation.GetDesktop();15            var desktopHandle = desktop.Properties.NativeWindowHandle.Value;16            var window = automation.FromHandle(desktopHandle);17            var windowRectangle = window.BoundingRectangle;18            var rectangle = new FlaUI.Core.Shapes.Rectangle(windowRectangle.X, windowRectangle.Y, windowRectangle.Width, windowRectangle.Height);19            {20                OutputPath = Path.Combine(Environment.CurrentDirectory, "output.avi")21            };22            var recorder = new VideoRecorder(automation, settings);23            recorder.RecordLoop();24            recorder.Stop();25            Environment.Exit(0);26        }27    }28}

RecordLoop

Using AI Code Generation

1using FlaUI.Core.Capturing;2using FlaUI.Core.Definitions;3using FlaUI.Core.Tools;4using FlaUI.UIA3;5using System;6using System.Collections.Generic;7using System.Text;8{9    {10        static void Main(string[] args)11        {12            var automation = new UIA3Automation();13            var desktopWindow = automation.GetDesktopWindow();14            var window = desktopWindow.FindFirstChild(cf => cf.ByName("Untitled - Notepad").And(cf.ByControlType(ControlType.Window)));15            var recorder = new VideoRecorder();16            recorder.StartRecording();17            recorder.RecordLoop(window);18            recorder.StopRecording();19            recorder.SaveVideo("VideoRecording.mp4");20        }21    }22}

RecordLoop

Using AI Code Generation

1using FlaUI.Core.Capturing;2using System;3using System.Threading;4{5    {6        static void Main(string[] args)7        {8            VideoRecorder recorder = new VideoRecorder();9            recorder.StartRecording();10            Thread.Sleep(5000);11            recorder.StopRecording();12            recorder.SaveRecording("recording.avi");13        }14    }15}16using FlaUI.Core.Capturing;17using System;18using System.Threading;19{20    {21        static void Main(string[] args)22        {23            VideoRecorder recorder = new VideoRecorder();24            recorder.Record("recording.avi", 5000);25        }26    }27}28using FlaUI.Core.Capturing;29using System;30using System.Threading;31{32    {33        static void Main(string[] args)34        {35            VideoRecorder recorder = new VideoRecorder();36            recorder.Record("recording.avi", TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5));37        }38    }39}40using FlaUI.Core.Capturing;41using System;42using System.Threading;43{44    {45        static void Main(string[] args)46        {47            VideoRecorder recorder = new VideoRecorder();48            recorder.Record("recording.avi", TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5), null, 100);49        }50    }51}

RecordLoop

Using AI Code Generation

1using System;2using System.Diagnostics;3using System.IO;4using System.Threading;5using FlaUI.Core;6using FlaUI.Core.Capturing;7using FlaUI.Core.Input;8using FlaUI.Core.WindowsAPI;9using FlaUI.UIA3;10{11    {12        static void Main(string[] args)13        {14            Process.Start("notepad.exe");15            var app = Application.Attach("notepad");16            var automation = new UIA3Automation();17            var mainWindow = app.GetMainWindow(automation);18            var recorder = new VideoRecorder();19            var recordThread = new Thread(() => RecordLoop(recorder, mainWindow));20            recordThread.Start();21            var keyboard = new Keyboard();22            keyboard.Type("Hello World!");23            keyboard.Press(VirtualKeyShort.ENTER);24            keyboard.Type("This is a test!");25            keyboard.Press(VirtualKeyShort.ENTER);26            keyboard.Type("This is a test of the FlaUI Recorder!");27            keyboard.Press(VirtualKeyShort.ENTER);28            keyboard.Type("This is a test of the FlaUI Recorder!");29            keyboard.Press(VirtualKeyShort.ENTER);30            keyboard.Type("This is a test of the FlaUI Recorder!");31            keyboard.Press(VirtualKeyShort.ENTER);32            keyboard.Type("This is a test of the FlaUI Recorder!");33            keyboard.Press(VirtualKeyShort.ENTER);34            recorder.Stop();35            recordThread.Join();36            mainWindow.Close();37            app.WaitWhileMainHandleIsMissing();38            Console.WriteLine("Press any key to exit.");39            Console.ReadKey();40        }41        static void RecordLoop(VideoRecorder recorder, Window mainWindow)42        {43            var recordThread = new Thread(() => recorder.Record(mainWindow));44            recordThread.Start();

RecordLoop

Using AI Code Generation

1var videoRecorder = new VideoRecorder();2videoRecorder.RecordLoop(5, 1000, "C:\\Users\\Public\\Videos\\video.avi");3var videoRecorder = new VideoRecorder();4videoRecorder.Record(5000, "C:\\Users\\Public\\Videos\\video.avi");5var videoRecorder = new VideoRecorder();6videoRecorder.Record(5000, "C:\\Users\\Public\\Videos\\video.avi");7var videoRecorder = new VideoRecorder();8videoRecorder.Record(5000, "C:\\Users\\Public\\Videos\\video.avi");9var videoRecorder = new VideoRecorder();10videoRecorder.Record(5000, "C:\\Users\\Public\\Videos\\video.avi");11var videoRecorder = new VideoRecorder();12videoRecorder.Record(5000, "C:\\Users\\Public\\Videos\\video.avi");13var videoRecorder = new VideoRecorder();14videoRecorder.Record(5000, "C:\\Users\\Public\\Videos\\video.avi");15var videoRecorder = new VideoRecorder();16videoRecorder.Record(5000, "C:\\Users\\Public\\Videos\\video.avi");17var videoRecorder = new VideoRecorder();18videoRecorder.Record(5000, "C:\\Users\\Public\\Videos\\video.avi");19var videoRecorder = new VideoRecorder();20videoRecorder.Record(5000, "C:\\Users\\Public\\Videos\\video.avi");

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