later this year I'm going to have a lot of time on my hands, and I thought I'd start a "small" project for myself and release it as open source.
I'd like to code my own Fraps alternative. (or continue with Taksi http://taksi.sourceforge.net ).
Fraps is a video & sound recording programm, which captures the screen during gameplay. It has way more functions than I need and its commercial.
All I want is being able to record the screen / game I'm currently playing continuously including sound no other extras.
Now this is a new area for me, but not the programming languages. I thought I'll be using C++ (& others if needed).
What I need are hints where to look, and what to look for, where to read stuff rearding it. Etc. etc.
I hope y'all can help me!
Here is some good info on the techniques used by FRAPS.