How to capture screen activity to a movie file using AV Foundation on Mac OS X Lion

#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
#import <AVFoundation/AVFoundation.h>

@interface Recorder : NSObject <AVCaptureFileOutputRecordingDelegate> {
@private
    AVCaptureSession *mSession;
    AVCaptureMovieFileOutput *mMovieFileOutput;
    NSTimer *mTimer;
}

-(void)screenRecording:(NSURL *)destPath;

@end

-(void)screenRecording:(NSURL *)destPath 
{
    // Create a capture session
    mSession = [[AVCaptureSession alloc] init];

    // Set the session preset as you wish
    mSession.sessionPreset = AVCaptureSessionPresetMedium;

    // If you're on a multi-display system and you want to capture a secondary display,
    // you can call CGGetActiveDisplayList() to get the list of all active displays.
    // For this example, we just specify the main display.
    CGDirectDisplayID displayId = kCGDirectMainDisplay;

    // Create a ScreenInput with the display and add it to the session
    AVCaptureScreenInput *input = [[[AVCaptureScreenInput alloc] initWithDisplayID:displayId] autorelease];
    if (!input) {
        [mSession release];
        mSession = nil;
        return;
    }
    if ([mSession canAddInput:input])
        [mSession addInput:input];

    // Create a MovieFileOutput and add it to the session
    mMovieFileOutput = [[[AVCaptureMovieFileOutput alloc] init] autorelease];
    if ([mSession canAddOutput:mMovieFileOutput])
        [mSession addOutput:mMovieFileOutput];

    // Start running the session
    [mSession startRunning];

    // Delete any existing movie file first
    if ([[NSFileManager defaultManager] fileExistsAtPath:[destPath path]])
    {
        NSError *err;
        if (![[NSFileManager defaultManager] removeItemAtPath:[destPath path] error:&err])
        {
            NSLog(@"Error deleting existing movie %@",[err localizedDescription]);
        }
    }

    // Start recording to the destination movie file
    // The destination path is assumed to end with ".mov", for example, @"/users/master/desktop/capture.mov"
    // Set the recording delegate to self
    [mMovieFileOutput startRecordingToOutputFileURL:destPath recordingDelegate:self];

    // Fire a timer in 5 seconds
    mTimer = [[NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:5 target:self selector:@selector(finishRecord:) userInfo:nil repeats:NO] retain];
}

-(void)finishRecord:(NSTimer *)timer
{
    // Stop recording to the destination movie file
    [mMovieFileOutput stopRecording];

    [mTimer release];
    mTimer = nil;
}

// AVCaptureFileOutputRecordingDelegate methods

- (void)captureOutput:(AVCaptureFileOutput *)captureOutput didFinishRecordingToOutputFileAtURL:(NSURL *)outputFileURL fromConnections:(NSArray *)connections error:(NSError *)error
{
    NSLog(@"Did finish recording to %@ due to error %@", [outputFileURL description], [error description]);

    // Stop running the session
    [mSession stopRunning];

    // Release the session
    [mSession release];
    mSession = nil;
}