Best Screencasting Program For Windows That Has An API [closed]

Question

Looking for a screencasting program with an api. Free or open source is not a requirement, but is a plus. I've been writing software that will automate screencasts, but I need to find a decent screencasting app that will be easily available. Something like iShowU for windows.

Answer 1

I ended up finding something from Microsoft called CommunityClips. Instead of an API, I'm using SendKeys to send it the start and stop recording commands.

Answer 2

I know techsmith has a screen recorder api called morae that you can access programatically. I haven't used it, but I've used the snagit api by the same company and it's excellent.

Answer 3

Here's an open source screen recording program that might help: http://taksi.sourceforge.net/

Answer 4

If you installed Firefox, use CaptureFox addon.

Answer 5

This guy built a wrapper around snagIt COM object, which he uses for his own application. He releases the explained code on his website: http://www.west-wind.com/weblog/posts/2007/Mar/19/Building-a-SnagIt-Screen-Capture-Plugin-for-Live-Writer

Have not tested yet though.

For the record, SnagIt might not be the best choice available, as the framework builtin API might be enough for many: http://www.developerfusion.com/code/4630/capture-a-screen-shot/