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

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

VideoRecorder.cs

Source:VideoRecorder.cs

...17{18    /// <summary>19    /// A video recorder which records the captured images into a video file.20    /// </summary>21    public class VideoRecorder : IDisposable22    {23        private readonly VideoRecorderSettings _settings;24        private readonly Func<VideoRecorder, CaptureImage> _captureMethod;25        private readonly BlockingCollection<ImageData> _frames;26        private Task _recordTask;27        private bool _shouldRecord;28        private Task _writeTask;29        private DateTime _recordStartTime;30        /// <summary>31        /// Creates the video recorder and starts recording.32        /// </summary>33        /// <param name="settings">The settings used for the recorder.</param>34        /// <param name="captureMethod">The method used for capturing the image which is recorder.</param>35        public VideoRecorder(VideoRecorderSettings settings, Func<VideoRecorder, CaptureImage> captureMethod)36        {37            _settings = settings;38            _captureMethod = captureMethod;39            _frames = new BlockingCollection<ImageData>();40            Start();41        }42        /// <summary>43        /// The path of the video file.44        /// </summary>45        public string TargetVideoPath => _settings.TargetVideoPath;46        /// <summary>47        /// The time since the recording started.48        /// </summary>49        public TimeSpan RecordTimeSpan => DateTime.UtcNow - _recordStartTime;...

UiTestBase.cs

Source:UiTestBase.cs

...32    private static UiTestBase CurrentInstance;33    private string _testClassName;34    private string _testMethodName;35    private AutomationBase _automation;36    private VideoRecorder _recorder;37    protected Application _application;38    protected DebugEventListener EventListener { get; set; }39    protected Window MainWindow => _application.GetMainWindow(_automation);40    protected AppScreen AppScreen => AppScreen.InWindow(MainWindow);41    static UiTestBase()42    {43      if (Directory.Exists(ScreenshotsOutputPath))44      {45        Directory.Delete(ScreenshotsOutputPath, true);46      }47      Directory.CreateDirectory(ScreenshotsOutputPath);48      if (Directory.Exists(RecordingsOutputPath))49      {50        Directory.Delete(RecordingsOutputPath, true);51      }52      Directory.CreateDirectory(RecordingsOutputPath);53      if (!File.Exists(FfmpegPath))54      {55        DownloadFFMpeg();56      }57      SetProcessDPIAware();58    }59    [DllImport("user32.dll")]60    private static extern bool SetProcessDPIAware();61    private static void DownloadFFMpeg()62    {63      try64      {65        var archivePath = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), FfmpegZip);66        using var webClient = new WebClient();67        webClient.DownloadFile(FfmpegUri, archivePath);68        using var archive = ZipFile.OpenRead(archivePath);69        archive.Entries70          .First(x => x.Name == FfmpegExe)71          .ExtractToFile(FfmpegPath, true);72        File.Delete(archivePath);73      }74      catch (Exception)75      {76        Console.Error.WriteLine($"Failed to download FFMpeg binary from {FfmpegUri}");77        throw;78      }79    }80    public static void WithCurrentUiTest(Action<UiTestBase> action)81    {82      if (CurrentInstance is null)83      {84        return;85      }86      action?.Invoke(CurrentInstance);87    }88    public UiTestBase() =>89      CurrentInstance = this;90    public void InitUiTestContext(string className, string methodName)91    {92      _testClassName = className;93      _testMethodName = methodName;94      _automation = new UIA3Automation();95      var process = new Process96      {97        StartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo98        {99          FileName = AppExePath,100          RedirectStandardOutput = true101        }102      };103      process.Start();104      _application = Application.Attach(process);105            106      EventListener = new DebugEventListener(process.StandardOutput);107      EventListener.Start();108      StartVideoRecorder();109    }110    public void Dispose()111    {112      CurrentInstance = null;113      TakeScreenShot(_testMethodName);114      EventListener?.Stop();115      CloseApplication();116      StopVideoRecorder();117      _automation?.Dispose();118      _automation = null;119    }120    private void CloseApplication()121    {122      _application?.Close();123  124      Retry.WhileFalse(125        () => _application?.HasExited ?? true,126        TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2),127        ignoreException: true128      );129  130      _application?.Dispose();131      _application = null;132    }133    private CaptureImage CaptureImage() => 134      Capture.Rectangle(135        new Rectangle136        {137          X = 0,138          Y = 0,139          Width = MainWindow.BoundingRectangle.Width,140          Height = MainWindow.BoundingRectangle.Height141        }142      );143    private void StartVideoRecorder()144    {145      // move window so it gets captured correctly146      MainWindow.Move(0, 0);147      SystemInfo.RefreshAll();148      var outputDirectory = Path.Combine(RecordingsOutputPath, SanitizeFileName(_testClassName));149      var outputPath = Path.Combine(outputDirectory, $"{SanitizeFileName(_testMethodName)}.mkv");150      _recorder = new VideoRecorder(151        new VideoRecorderSettings152        {153          VideoFormat = VideoFormat.x264,154          VideoQuality = 6,155          TargetVideoPath = outputPath,156          ffmpegPath = FfmpegPath157        },158        CaptureFrame159      );160      Directory.CreateDirectory(outputDirectory);161    }162    private CaptureImage CaptureFrame(VideoRecorder recorder)163    {164      var testName = $"{_testClassName}.{_testMethodName}";165      var img = CaptureImage();166      img.ApplyOverlays(167        new InfoOverlay(img)168        {169          RecordTimeSpan = recorder.RecordTimeSpan,170          OverlayStringFormat = testName171            + "\n{rt:hh\\:mm\\:ss\\.fff} | {name} | CPU: {cpu} | RAM: "172            + @"{mem.p.used}/{mem.p.tot} ({mem.p.used.perc})"173        },174        new MouseOverlay(img)175      );176      return img;177    }178    private void StopVideoRecorder()179    {180      _recorder?.Stop();181      _recorder?.Dispose();182      _recorder = null;183    }184    private void TakeScreenShot(string testName)185    {186      var outputDirectory = Path.Combine(ScreenshotsOutputPath, SanitizeFileName(_testClassName));187      var imageFilename = $"{SanitizeFileName(testName)}.png".Replace(@"\", string.Empty);188      var imagePath = Path.Combine(outputDirectory, imageFilename);189      try190      {191        Directory.CreateDirectory(outputDirectory);192        CaptureImage().ToFile(imagePath);...

VideoRecorder

Using AI Code Generation

1using System;2using System.Collections.Generic;3using System.Linq;4using System.Text;5using System.Threading.Tasks;6using FlaUI.Core;7using FlaUI.Core.Capturing;8using FlaUI.Core.Input;9using FlaUI.Core.Tools;10using FlaUI.UIA3;11using System.Diagnostics;12using System.IO;13{14    {15        static void Main(string[] args)16        {17            var app = FlaUI.Core.Application.Launch(@"C:\Windows\System32\calc.exe");18            var mainWindow = app.GetMainWindow(new UIA3Automation());19            var videoRecorder = new VideoRecorder();20            videoRecorder.StartRecording();21            Keyboard.TypeSimultaneously(VirtualKeyShort.ALT, VirtualKeyShort.F4);22            videoRecorder.StopRecording();23            videoRecorder.SaveRecording(@"C:\Users\Public\Videos\calc.avi");24            app.Close();25        }26    }27}28using System;29using System.Collections.Generic;30using System.Linq;31using System.Text;32using System.Threading.Tasks;33using FlaUI.Core;34using FlaUI.Core.Capturing;35using FlaUI.Core.Input;36using FlaUI.Core.Tools;37using FlaUI.UIA3;38using System.Diagnostics;39using System.IO;40{41    {42        static void Main(string[] args)43        {44            var app = FlaUI.Core.Application.Launch(@"C:\Windows\System32\calc.exe");45            var mainWindow = app.GetMainWindow(new UIA3Automation());46            var videoRecorder = new VideoRecorder();47            videoRecorder.StartRecording();48            Keyboard.TypeSimultaneously(VirtualKeyShort.ALT, VirtualKeyShort.F4);49            videoRecorder.StopRecording();50            videoRecorder.SaveRecording(@"C:\Users\Public\Videos\calc.avi");51            app.Close();52        }53    }54}

VideoRecorder

Using AI Code Generation

1using FlaUI.Core.Capturing;2using System;3using System.Collections.Generic;4using System.Linq;5using System.Text;6using System.Threading.Tasks;7{8    {9        static void Main(string[] args)10        {11        }12    }13}14using System.Diagnostics;15using System;16using System.Collections.Generic;17using System.Linq;18using System.Text;19using System.Threading.Tasks;20{21    {22        static void Main(string[] args)23        {24            Process.Start(@"C:\Program Files (x86)\FlaUI\FlaUIRecorder.exe");25        }26    }27}

VideoRecorder

Using AI Code Generation

1using System;2using System.IO;3using System.Threading;4using FlaUI.Core;5using FlaUI.Core.Capturing;6using FlaUI.Core.Definitions;7using FlaUI.Core.Input;8using FlaUI.Core.Tools;9using FlaUI.UIA3;10using NLog;11using NLog.Config;12using NLog.Targets;13using NUnit.Framework;14using NUnit.Framework.Interfaces;15using TestStack.White;16using TestStack.White.UIItems.WindowItems;17using TestStack.White.UIItems.Finders;18using TestStack.White.UIItems;19using TestStack.White.UIItems.ListBoxItems;20using TestStack.White.UIItems.TabItems;21using TestStack.White.UIItems.WPFUIItems;22using TestStack.White.UIItems.TreeItems;23using TestStack.White.UIItems.MenuItems;24using TestStack.White.UIItems.Custom;25using TestStack.White.UIItems.TableItems;26using TestStack.White.UIItems.ListBoxItems;27using TestStack.White.UIItems.Scrolling;28using TestStack.White.UIItems.WindowStripControls;29using TestStack.White.UIItems.Actions;30using TestStack.White.Factory;31using TestStack.White.InputDevices;32using TestStack.White.WindowsAPI;33using TestStack.White.ScreenObjects;34using TestStack.White.ScreenObjects.Services;35using TestStack.White.ScreenObjects.ScreenAttributes;36using TestStack.White.ScreenObjects.Sessions;37using TestStack.White.ScreenObjects.Utilities;38using TestStack.White.UIItems.ListBoxItems;39using TestStack.White.UIItems.Scrolling;40using TestStack.White.UIItems.WindowStripControls;41using TestStack.White.UIItems.Actions;42using TestStack.White.UIItems.WindowItems;43using TestStack.White.UIItems.Finders;44using TestStack.White.UIItems;45using TestStack.White.UIItems.ListBoxItems;46using TestStack.White.UIItems.TabItems;47using TestStack.White.UIItems.WPFUIItems;48using TestStack.White.UIItems.TreeItems;49using TestStack.White.UIItems.MenuItems;50using TestStack.White.UIItems.Custom;51using TestStack.White.UIItems.TableItems;52using TestStack.White.UIItems.ListBoxItems;53using TestStack.White.UIItems.Scrolling;54using TestStack.White.UIItems.WindowStripControls;55using TestStack.White.UIItems.Actions;56using TestStack.White.Factory;57using TestStack.White.InputDevices;58using TestStack.White.WindowsAPI;59using TestStack.White.ScreenObjects;60using TestStack.White.ScreenObjects.Services;61using TestStack.White.ScreenObjects.ScreenAttributes;62using TestStack.White.ScreenObjects.Sessions;63using TestStack.White.ScreenObjects.Utilities;64using TestStack.White.UIItems.ListBoxItems;

VideoRecorder

Using AI Code Generation

1using System;2using System.Windows.Forms;3using FlaUI.Core;4using FlaUI.Core.Capturing;5using FlaUI.Core.Input;6using FlaUI.Core.WindowsAPI;7using FlaUI.UIA3;8using FlaUI.Core.Definitions;9using FlaUI.Core.AutomationElements;10using FlaUI.Core.AutomationElements.Infrastructure;11using FlaUI.Core.Conditions;12using FlaUI.Core.EventHandlers;13using FlaUI.Core.Identifiers;14using FlaUI.Core.Tools;

VideoRecorder

Using AI Code Generation

1using System;2using System.Threading;3using FlaUI.Core;4using FlaUI.Core.Capturing;5using FlaUI.Core.Input;6using FlaUI.Core.WindowsAPI;7using FlaUI.UIA3;8{9    {10        static void Main(string[] args)11        {12            var app = FlaUI.Core.Application.Launch(@"C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe");13            var automation = new UIA3Automation();14            var mainWindow = app.GetMainWindow(automation);15            var videoRecorder = new VideoRecorder();16            videoRecorder.StartRecording();17            mainWindow.FindFirstDescendant(cf => cf.ByName("Play")).AsButton().Invoke();18            Thread.Sleep(5000);19            mainWindow.FindFirstDescendant(cf => cf.ByName("Pause")).AsButton().Invoke();20            videoRecorder.StopRecording();21            videoRecorder.SaveVideo("video.mp4");22            app.Close();23        }24    }25}26using System;27using System.Threading;28using FlaUI.Core;29using FlaUI.Core.Capturing;30using FlaUI.Core.Input;31using FlaUI.Core.WindowsAPI;32using FlaUI.UIA3;33{34    {35        static void Main(string[] args)36        {37            var app = FlaUI.Core.Application.Launch(@"C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe");38            var automation = new UIA3Automation();39            var mainWindow = app.GetMainWindow(automation);40            var videoRecorder = new VideoRecorder();41            videoRecorder.StartRecording();42            mainWindow.FindFirstDescendant(cf => cf.ByName("Play")).AsButton().Invoke();43            Thread.Sleep(5000);44            mainWindow.FindFirstDescendant(cf => cf.ByName("Pause")).AsButton().Invoke();45            videoRecorder.StopRecording();

VideoRecorder

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 System.IO;8using System.Diagnostics;9using System.Threading;10using FlaUI.Core.AutomationElements;11using FlaUI.Core;12using FlaUI.Core.Definitions;13using FlaUI.Core.Input;

VideoRecorder

Using AI Code Generation

1using FlaUI.Core.Capturing;2using System;3using System.Diagnostics;4using System.Threading;5{6    {7        static void Main(string[] args)8        {9            Process process = Process.Start(@"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE");10            Thread.Sleep(5000);11            VideoRecorder recorder = new VideoRecorder();12            recorder.StartRecording();13            Thread.Sleep(10000);14            recorder.StopRecording();15            recorder.SaveVideo(@"C:\Users\Public\Videos\test.mp4");16            process.Kill();17        }18    }19}

VideoRecorder

Using AI Code Generation

1using System;2using System.IO;3using System.Linq;4using System.Threading;5using FlaUI.Core;6using FlaUI.Core.Capturing;7using FlaUI.Core.Conditions;8using FlaUI.Core.Definitions;9using FlaUI.Core.Input;10using FlaUI.Core.Tools;11using FlaUI.UIA3;12using NUnit.Framework;13using UIA = interop.UIAutomationCore;14{15    {16        private Application _application;17        private UIA3Automation _automation;18        private Window _window;19        public void Setup()20        {21            _application = Application.Launch(@"C:\\Windows\\System32\\calc.exe");22            _automation = new UIA3Automation();23            _window = Retry.WhileNull(() => _automation.GetDesktop().FindFirstChild(cf => cf.ByClassName("CalcFrame").And(cf.ByName("Calculator"))), TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10));24        }25        public void TestCalculator()26        {27            VideoRecorder.StartRecording(Path.Combine(TestContext.CurrentContext.TestDirectory, "TestCalculator.flv"));28            Thread.Sleep(2000);29            var button1 = _window.FindFirstDescendant(cf => cf.ByClassName("Button").And(cf.ByName("One")));30            button1.AsButton().Invoke();31            Thread.Sleep(2000);32            var buttonPlus = _window.FindFirstDescendant(cf => cf.ByClassName("Button").And(cf.ByName("Plus")));33            buttonPlus.AsButton().Invoke();34            Thread.Sleep(2000);35            var button2 = _window.FindFirstDescendant(cf => cf.ByClassName("Button").And(cf.ByName("Two")));36            button2.AsButton().Invoke();37            Thread.Sleep(2000);38            var buttonEquals = _window.FindFirstDescendant(cf => cf.ByClassName("Button").And(cf.ByName("Equals")));39            buttonEquals.AsButton().Invoke();40            Thread.Sleep(2000);41            var result = _window.FindFirstDescendant(cf => cf.ByClassName("TextBlock").And(cf

VideoRecorder

Using AI Code Generation

1using FlaUI.Core.Capturing;2{3    {4        static void Main(string[] args)5        {6            VideoRecorder.StartRecording("C:\\Users\\Public\\Videos\\RecordedVideo.avi", 10);7        }8    }9}10using FlaUI.Core.Capturing;11{12    {13        static void Main(string[] args)14        {15            VideoRecorder.StopRecording();16        }17    }18}19using FlaUI.Core.Capturing;20{21    {22        static void Main(string[] args)23        {24            VideoRecorder.FrameRate = 30;25        }26    }27}28using FlaUI.Core.Capturing;29{30    {31        static void Main(string[] args)32        {33            VideoRecorder.IsRecording = true;34        }35    }36}37using FlaUI.Core.Capturing;38{39    {40        static void Main(string[] args)41        {42            VideoRecorder.IsRecording = false;43        }44    }45}46using FlaUI.Core.Capturing;47{48    {49        static void Main(string[] args)50        {51            VideoRecorder.IsRecording = false;52        }53    }54}55using FlaUI.Core.Capturing;56{57    {58        static void Main(string[] args)59        {60            VideoRecorder.IsRecording = false;61        }62    }63}64using FlaUI.Core.Capturing;

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