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Screen Record & Play Using Java

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Feb. 17, 10 · Interview
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This tip shows how to create a custom movie maker using the Java Media Framework. First the sample code below shows how to capture your screen and creates a nice .jpeg or .gif image of your screen content.

import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Rectangle;
import java.awt.Robot;
import java.awt.Toolkit;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.File;

import javax.imageio.ImageIO;

public class ScreenCapture {

public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
Dimension screen = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize();
Robot rt = new Robot();
BufferedImage img = rt.createScreenCapture(new Rectangle((int) screen
.getWidth(), (int) screen.getHeight()));
ImageIO.write(img, "jpeg", new File(System.currentTimeMillis()
+ ".jpeg"));
}
}

The Java Media Framework provides support to put all these images together to make a movie of your screen shot. Download the full custom movie maker code I have put together :).

The ScreenRecorder code: 

package com.easycapture.recorder;

import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Rectangle;
import java.awt.Robot;
import java.awt.Toolkit;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.File;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.util.Scanner;
import java.util.Vector;

import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.media.MediaLocator;

/**
* Main class that starts the Recording process of EasyCapture.
*
* @author Senthil Balakrishnan
*/
public class Recorder {

/**
* Screen Width.
*/
public static int screenWidth = (int) Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit()
.getScreenSize().getWidth();

/**
* Screen Height.
*/
public static int screenHeight = (int) Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit()
.getScreenSize().getHeight();

/**
* Interval between which the image needs to be captured.
*/
public static int captureInterval = 50;

/**
* Temporary folder to store the screenshot.
*/
public static String store = "tmp";

/**
* Status of the recorder.
*/
public static boolean record = false;

/**
*
*/
public static void startRecord() {
Thread recordThread = new Thread() {
@Override
public void run() {
Robot rt;
int cnt = 0;
try {
rt = new Robot();
while (cnt == 0 || record) {
BufferedImage img = rt
.createScreenCapture(new Rectangle(screenWidth,
screenHeight));
ImageIO.write(img, "jpeg", new File("./"+store+"/"
+ System.currentTimeMillis() + ".jpeg"));
if (cnt == 0) {
record = true;
cnt = 1;
}
// System.out.println(record);
Thread.sleep(captureInterval);
}
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
};
recordThread.start();
}

/**
* @throws MalformedURLException
*
*/
public static void makeVideo(String movFile) throws MalformedURLException {
System.out
.println("#### Easy Capture making video, please wait!!! ####");
JpegImagesToMovie imageToMovie = new JpegImagesToMovie();
Vector<String> imgLst = new Vector<String>();
File f = new File(store);
File[] fileLst = f.listFiles();
for (int i = 0; i < fileLst.length; i++) {
imgLst.add(fileLst[i].getAbsolutePath());
}
// Generate the output media locators.
MediaLocator oml;
if ((oml = imageToMovie.createMediaLocator(movFile)) == null) {
System.err.println("Cannot build media locator from: " + movFile);
System.exit(0);
}
imageToMovie.doIt(screenWidth, screenHeight, (1000 / captureInterval),
imgLst, oml);

}

/**
* @param args
* @throws Exception
*/
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
System.out.println("######### Starting Easy Capture Recorder #######");
Dimension screen = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize();
System.out.println("Your Screen [Width,Height]:" + "["
+ screen.getWidth() + "," + screen.getHeight() + "]");
Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("Rate 20 Frames/Per Sec.");
System.out
.print("Do you wanna change the screen capture area (y/n) ? ");
if (sc.next().equalsIgnoreCase("y")) {
System.out.print("Enter the width:");
screenWidth = sc.nextInt();
System.out.print("Enter the Height:");
screenHeight = sc.nextInt();
System.out.println("Your Screen [Width,Height]:" + "["
+ screen.getWidth() + "," + screen.getHeight() + "]");
}
System.out
.print("Now move to the screen you want to record");
for(int i=0;i<5;i++){
System.out.print(".");
Thread.sleep(1000);
}
File f = new File(store);
if(!f.exists()){
f.mkdir();
}
startRecord();
System.out
.println("\nEasy Capture is recording now!!!!!!!");

System.out.println("Press e to exit:");
String exit = sc.next();
while (exit == null || "".equals(exit) || !"e".equalsIgnoreCase(exit)) {
System.out.println("\nPress e to exit:");
exit = sc.next();
}
record = false;
System.out.println("Easy Capture has stopped.");
makeVideo(System.currentTimeMillis()+".mov");
}
}

And in order to make the movie, you will need the JpegImagesToMovie class.

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