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- @echo off
- REM autocam.bat
- REM
- REM Example batch file for simple Camtasia Recorder automation.
- REM TechSmith Corporation 10/11/02
- REM
- REM The following Camtasia Recorder command line options allow you to automate/control
- REM Recorder very simply from other applications or a batch file.
- REM /r - starts/resumes recording using the current Recorder settings
- REM This option fails if Recorder is already recording
- REM /p - pause recording
- REM This option fails if Recorder is not running, or if Recorder is not recording
- REM /s - stop recording
- REM This option fails if Recorder is not running, or if Recorder is not recording/paused
- REM /h - run hidden (hides the Recorder User Interface and disables the hide/unhide tray icon hotkey)
- REM This option always succeeds
- REM /x - causes the running instance of Recorder to exit
- REM This option fails if Recorder is not running. If a recording session is active, the /x option
- REM aborts the capture and discards any video file. Note that you can safely perform a /s to stop
- REM recording followed by a /x to cause Recorder to exit (e.g. CamRecorder.exe /s/x).
- REM
- REM When the command line options are used, Recorder exits with a exit code of 0 on success and 1 on
- REM any failure. The exit code is reflected as the "errorlevel" in DOS batch files.
- REM
- REM NOTES:
- REM - The current Recorder settings are used during command line automation.
- REM - Disable the "pause before starting capture" option in Recorder (Options->Preferences->Program).
- REM - To run unattended, configure Recorder to save to a fixed or automatic file name (see Options->Preferences->File).
- REM - The "ping 127.0.0.1" command used in this batch file is simply an easy way to pause for a while.
- REM A better method would be to use sleep.exe from the Windows Resource Kit.
-
- REM Startup an instance of Recorder.
- start CamRecorder.exe
- echo Starting up Recorder...
- REM Wait for Recorder to startup.
- ping 127.0.0.1 -w 10 -n 5 > NUL
-
- REM Start recording.
- CamRecorder.exe /r
- if errorlevel 1 goto COMMAND_FAILED
- echo Start recording...
- REM Record for a while...
- ping 127.0.0.1 -w 10 -n 5 > NUL
-
- REM Pause.
- CamRecorder.exe /p
- if errorlevel 1 goto PAUSE_FAILED
- goto PAUSE_SUCCESS
-
- :PAUSE_FAILED
- REM Pause failed, maybe "pause before starting capture" is enabled.
- echo Pause failed, please disable "pause before starting capture" in Recorder.
- goto COMMAND_FAILED
-
- :PAUSE_SUCCESS
- echo Pause for a while...
- REM Pause for a while...
- ping 127.0.0.1 -w 10 -n 5 > NUL
-
- REM Start recording again.
- CamRecorder.exe /r
- if errorlevel 1 goto COMMAND_FAILED
- echo Start recording again...
- REM Record for a while...
- ping 127.0.0.1 -w 10 -n 5 > NUL
-
- REM Tell Recorder to stop recording, save the movie, then exit.
- start CamRecorder.exe /s /x
- echo Stop recording, save the movie, then exit...
- goto END
-
- :COMMAND_FAILED
- echo Command line option failed.
- REM Tell the running instance of Recorder to exit.
- CamRecorder.exe /x
-
- :END
-