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Action! Changelog

What's new in Action! 4.39.1

Feb 7, 2024
  • Fixed Action! not connecting to games installed in specific folders
  • Fixed Action! not working with DXVK in Direct3D 9 mode
  • Stability fixes

New in Action! 4.39.0 (Feb 1, 2024)

  • Major improvements for HDR capturing devices (Avermedia, Elgato/Corsair)
  • Added automatic HDR signal detection and tone mapping for Avermedia and Elgato devices
  • Fixed auto HDR detection for Steam games in Screen and Game capture modes
  • Added color format selection for webcams and capturing devices (RGB, YUY2, NV12, P010 etc.)
  • Added HUD in Device Capture mode
  • Added browser overlay scaling (50-300% useful for displaying live chat on HUD in 4K)
  • New advanced HDR to SDR tone mapper
  • New improved SDR/RGB to HDR conversion for graphics/web browser/camera overlays in HDR mode

New in Action! 4.38.2 (Dec 13, 2023)

  • Fixed long Action! startup time

New in Action! 4.38.1 (Oct 31, 2023)

  • HOTFIX for bug in newest Nvidia GPU drivers (fixes problems with 1440p video encoding)
  • Added support for Action! RCU 2.0.

New in Action! 4.38.0 (Oct 5, 2023)

  • Added aspect ratio locking for selected desktop region
  • Added "play captured sound" option for primary audio devices in Device Mode (useful for capturing devices/cards)
  • Fixed built-in video player not working on old GPUs

New in Action! 4.37.1 (Sep 11, 2023)

  • HOTFIX: Fixed recording/streaming randomly stopping by new hotkeys added in version 4.37.0

New in Action! 4.37.0 (Sep 8, 2023)

  • Support for displaying all URL web overlays on HUD
  • Full screen preview mode for systems with more than one monitor (default hotkey CTRL + SHIFT + F)
  • Configurable hotkeys for drawing panel tools (marker, ellipse, rectangle, text...) and functions (undo, redo, clear...)

New in Action! 4.36.0 (Aug 17, 2023)

  • Fixed rotated display recording/streaming
  • Fixed selected application window recording/streaming with scaling enabled
  • Added support for Instreamly.com service ads widgets
  • Improved built-in video player
  • YouTube HDR streaming improvements in RTMP format
  • Important imporovements for Intel UHD 770, Iris Xe...
  • Improved support for hardware capturing devices
  • Stability improvements
  • Trial version is no longer time limited :)

New in Action! 4.35.0 (Jul 7, 2023)

  • Added AI-powered face tracking for webcams, to make your face always stay in the center (available in webcam settings window)
  • Fixes and improvements for recording/streaming rotated displays (portrait monitor mode)

New in Action! 4.34.0 (Jul 2, 2023)

  • Added webcam alpha mask (rectangle, ellipse and circle) with alpha blending and edge blur effect
  • Added on-key webcam show/hide cross-fade effect
  • Improvements and optimizations in webcam recording
  • Internal video player improvements
  • Stability improvements

New in Action! 4.33.1 (Jun 27, 2023)

  • MPEG-2 TS format improvements
  • Added Time-Shift capture in MPEG-2 TS format (*.mts)
  • Reduced minimal capture region width
  • Stability improvements

New in Action! 4.33.0 (Jun 25, 2023)

  • HOTFIX: YouTube upload problems (privacy and category selection)
  • Added MPEG-2 Transport Stream muxing for recordings (excluding Time-Shift captures)

New in Action! 4.32.0 (Jun 18, 2023)

  • Added Enhanced RTMP support for YouTube live streaming (in HEVC format, AV1 coming soon)
  • Added predefined presets for 90 live streaming services
  • UI improvements
  • Stability improvements

New in Action! 4.31.1 (Mar 15, 2023)

  • Added mouse cursor showing/hiding in selected window recording/streaming mode (Windows 10/11)
  • Removed yellow border around selected window during recording/streaming (Windows 10/11)
  • Stability improvements

New in Action! 4.31.0 (Jan 18, 2023)

  • Fixed problems with CAPCOM RE Engine
  • Improvements for systems with more than one GPU
  • Stability fixes

New in Action! 4.30.4 (Jan 10, 2023)

  • HOTFIX for selected region recording/streaming.

New in Action! 4.30.3 (Jan 9, 2023)

  • Important fix for Alt-Tab problems in some rare cases (ie. Apex Legends)

New in Action! 4.30.2 (Dec 5, 2022)

  • Important fix for Vulkan API

New in Action! 4.30.1 (Nov 25, 2022)

  • Fixed spatial audio recording from selected application (like Forza Horizon 5, Resident Evil Village etc.)
  • Stability fixes

New in Action! 4.30.0 (Oct 18, 2022)

  • Fixed HDR detection (Windows 10/11 22H2 update)
  • Fixed selected window capture (Windows 10/11 22H2 update)
  • Stability fixes

New in Action! 4.29.4 (Sep 12, 2022)

  • Fixed Ricochet anti-cheat compatibility problem (CoD: Warzone)
  • Fixed zero-width space problem with specific window titles used for file name creation
  • Stability fixes

New in Action! 4.29.3 (Aug 25, 2022)

  • Fixed cursor scaling when video is not captured in original resolution (MP4)
  • Fixed problems with latest Nvidia drivers
  • Stability fixes

New in Action! 4.29.2 (Jun 21, 2022)

  • Important fix for systems with multi GPU setups (Intel + Nvidia)
  • Fixed mouse cursor recording on high DPI displays

New in Action! 4.29.0 (May 27, 2022)

  • Integration with CEF engine v95
  • Added support for high DPI displays (200% and 300% automatic interface scaling)
  • Added support for virtual/software emulated GPUs

New in Action! 4.28.0 (May 15, 2022)

  • CRITICAL FIX for YouTube streaming/uploading using YouTube API (Account Manager)
  • Fixed problems with high bitrates on AMD GPUs with latest drivers installed
  • Added Thai translation

New in Action! 4.27.1 (Apr 15, 2022)

  • Fixed desktop capture for Nvidia Optimus and AMD Switchable Graphics when run without administrator rights
  • Improved support for dual Intel GPU setups (Intel UHD/Xe + DG1/DG2 and similar)
  • Improved translations

New in Action! 4.27.0 (Mar 18, 2022)

  • Improved very long recording saving (application is no longer blocked during this process)
  • Added mouse cursor highlight (for MP4 files). Mouse cursor highlight is enabled by selecting "visualize mouse clicks" option in Settings->Video tab. This option works in "Active screen" capture mode only.
  • Added option to change Action! process priority (Settings->General tab)

New in Action! 4.26.0 (Mar 2, 2022)

  • Integration with new Twitch Helix API
  • Improved audio synchronization (when recording additional audio track to a separate file)
  • Stability improvements

New in Action! 4.25.0 (Feb 12, 2022)

  • Added possibility to switch active screen (default F8 hotkey) during recording/streaming (when multiple displays are connected to more than one GPU)
  • Fixed video scaling for games rendered in DirectX 8 (and older)
  • Added option to save Time-Shift setting in Screen Mode
  • Nvidia SLI support improvements
  • Stability fixes

New in Action! 4.24.3 (Jan 22, 2022)

  • Added support for old DirectX 3 - DirectX 7 games
  • Fixed corrupted recordings when audio device was lost, invalidated or disconnected
  • Fixed problem with Alt+Tab during audio device properties/configuration change
  • Fixed silent installation mode

New in Action! 4.24.2 (Jan 10, 2022)

  • Fixed crash upon entering Hotkey Settings with more than 16 HID devices available in the system

New in Action! 4.24.1 (Jan 7, 2022)

  • Screenshots can now be automatically grouped into folders just like video recordings (after enabling 'Group recordings into folders' option)
  • Xbox gamepad buttons can now be assigned as hotkeys
  • Fixed JPEG XL HDR screenshots not working in some situations (.jxl files are now supported from the latest official Chrome browser versions)

New in Action! 4.24.0 (Dec 10, 2021)

  • Action! can now be installed (and run) without administrator rights on administrator accounts
  • Fixed spatial audio capture on newest Windows 11 builds with audio device set to Selected Application
  • Fixed HDR detection on newest Windows 11 builds
  • Fixed very long URL handling for web browser widgets
  • Internal video player improvements

New in Action! 4.23.0 (Nov 10, 2021)

  • Fixed HDR10 recording/streaming support for AMD GPUs with latest (October) drivers installed
  • Fixed problem with Forza Horizon 5 (Steam version)
  • Installer improvements
  • Internal video player improvements
  • Stability fixes

New in Action! 4.22.0 (Oct 12, 2021)

  • Fixed mouse cursor rendering in high DPI or with custom cursor size/shape set
  • Fixed JPEG XL HDR metadata (JPEG XL screenshots are now compatible with latest Chrome browser that supports JPEG XL)
  • Fixed RTMP/RTMPS and HLS streaming auto-reconnection
  • Added Acoustic Echo Canceller (AEC). Removes echo when recording without headset microphone or on systems with no hardware echo canceller. This option can be set in microphone settings window

New in Action! 4.21.5 (Sep 21, 2021)

  • Fixed mouse cursor not being captured properly in some rare situations

New in Action! 4.21.4 (Sep 10, 2021)

  • Added automatic GPU selection (used for video encoding acceleration) on systems with more than one GPU from the same vendor
  • Improved automatic audio source switching (when primary sound device is set to selected application)
  • Added support for the latest Windows 11 insider build (22449.1000)

New in Action! 4.21.3 (Aug 31, 2021)

  • Fixed automatic recovery of corrupted MP4 recordings.

New in Action! 4.21.2 (Aug 28, 2021)

  • Fixed long file and folder names support
  • Fixed stream disconnecting after 4 hours and 39 minutes
  • File manager fixes
  • Vulkan screenshots are now supported (works during recording/streaming)
  • Removed 12-hour single recording limit (new limit is 47 days)

New in Action! 4.21.1 (Aug 20, 2021)

  • Fixed problem with HDMI/Camera streaming in Device Mode (black video was sometimes captured)
  • Improved recordings grouping into folders (Window and Device folders are created in Window and Device modes)

New in Action! 4.21.0 (Aug 18, 2021)

  • NEW FEATURE: Group recordings into folders (option available in General Settings tab)
  • Fixed OpenGL problems on Nvidia Optimus Laptops
  • Fixed rare application freeze after stopping streaming
  • Added Maximize/Restore button to the user interface
  • Stability fixes

New in Action! 4.20.3 (Aug 3, 2021)

  • Fixed memory leak in OriSound module (capturing audio from selected application/game)
  • Improved FPS counter precision

New in Action! 4.20.2 (Jul 20, 2021)

  • Fixed Facebook login stuck accepting cookies (forever loop)
  • File naming improvements
  • Fixed black desktop recording on admin accounts with modified security policies
  • Fixed spatial audio desynchronization (when recording audio from selected application/game)
  • Stability fixes

New in Action! 4.20.1 (Jul 20, 2021)

  • Fixed Facebook and Twitch login when display scaling is set to 175% or more
  • Fixed HDR detection on Windows 11 and latest Windows 10 Insider builds
  • Improved original spatial audio soundtrack recording from selected application/game
  • Fixed recording region disappearing after snapping to desktop
  • Fixed invalid video horizontal resolution when auto-crop to 16:9 or 21:9 is used
  • Fixed mouse cursor position in some specific situations

New in Action! 4.20.0 (Jun 30, 2021)

  • New YouTube login method (needed after 30th June since embedded browser login will no longer be supported and login using certified web browser like Chrome is required)
  • Fixed Facebook livestreaming using URL/Streamkey after recent Facebook API changes
  • Support for Windows 11 (please note that HDR detection in windowed HDR applications might not work properly)

New in Action! 4.19.1 (Jun 28, 2021)

  • HOTFIX: YouTube live streaming audio problem has been fixed

New in Action! 4.18.0 (May 2, 2021)

  • NEW FEATURE: Kernel Streaming (KSProxy) audio recording needed for capturing sound from capture cards like Elgato 4K60 PRO HDR (with this hardware it is now possible to record and livestream 4K/HDR video from Playstation 5 and Xbox Series X consoles)
  • Fixed 7.1 audio downmix to stereo
  • Improved OriSound (original soundtrack extraction from games and applications) function compliance with anti-cheat systems

New in Action! 4.17.1 (Apr 27, 2021)

  • HOTFIX: Fixed mono microphone recording

New in Action! 4.17.0 (Apr 26, 2021)

  • NEW FEATURE: OriSound - long-awaited feature that allows to record audio exclusively from selected game or application! Don't waste money on additional PC or specialized headphones! Now you can select your favorite voice chat application (like Discord) and record it into separate audio track that will not be mixed with main audio track! Additionally the sound you record will never be modified by sound card post-processing so you always get the original volume, pitch and tone. It will also not get disturbed by random system "blips" comming from popup windows etc.
  • Fixed CS:GO with Nvidia SLI enabled
  • Support for duplicated monitors has been fixed
  • Improved downmix of multi-channel audio to stereo
  • Fixed HDR10 recording on AMD GPUs with latest AMD drivers installed
  • Added fullscreen mode to JPEG XL viewer
  • Stability fixes

New in Action! 4.16.1 (Mar 20, 2021)

  • Important fixes for multi-GPU mobile devices
  • Fixed video scaling problems in some situations
  • Improved AMD Freesync and Nvidia G-Sync technology support

New in Action! 4.16.0 (Mar 20, 2021)

  • Fixed YouTube API credentials expiration after one hour
  • New JPEG XL (JXL) HDR capture fully compliant with final ISO/IEC 18181 JPEG XL standard
  • Time-Shift possible in Screen Mode (last option on Screen Mode ribbon)
  • Improved Nvidia DSR and AMD VSR support
  • New Nvidia SLI recording engine (up to 40% performance improvement in Direct3D 12)
  • Added possibility to record Vulkan SLI using Window capture mode (desktop capture must be used from windows picker)
  • Improved AVI recording performance
  • Improved CS:GO support
  • Stability fixes

New in Action! 4.15.1 (Jan 30, 2021)

  • HOTFIX: Fixed HDR detection for old HDR games
  • HOTFIX: Fixed random Action! closing on Windows 10 Insider builds

New in Action! 4.15.0 (Jan 28, 2021)

  • Added 32:9/21:9 to 21:9/16:9 real-time video cropping
  • Added 360fps capture
  • Improvements for latest Windows 10 Insider builds (HDR detection in windowed mode, display scaling etc.)
  • Improved capture smoothness for various framerates
  • HDR detection improvements
  • Performance and stability improvements

New in Action! 4.14.1 (Dec 26, 2020)

  • Fixed virtual display scaling support for Windows 20H2 version
  • Fixed HDR10 support detection for AMD GPUs with newest drivers installed
  • Stability fixes

New in Action! 4.14.0 (Dec 11, 2020)

  • NEW: Official support for YouTube HDR live streaming
  • Fixed support for old GPUs with no DirectX 11 level 11.0 support
  • Stability fixes
  • Read more at: https://mirillis.com/

New in Action! 4.13.1 (Nov 19, 2020)

  • IMPORTANT FIX for MJPEG webcams
  • IMPORTANT FIXES for some capturing devices
  • Added HDR10+ metadata injection for Vulkan games and apps
  • Fixed web overlay cropping
  • Fixed web overlay positioning on video

New in Action! 4.12.2 (Oct 16, 2020)

  • Improved HDR video upload to YouTube
  • Added Time-Shift recording in HEVC and HDR formats
  • Fixed webcam not appearing in Time-Shift with record webcam to separate file selected
  • YouTube HLS streaming improvements

New in Action! 4.12.1 (Oct 10, 2020)

  • HOTFIX: Fixed RTMPS streaming to Facebook (after latest Facebook server changes)
  • HOTFIX: Fixed MP4 support in DaVinci Resolve and Vegas video editors
  • HOTFIX: Fixed video stuttering in low frame rates (24fps etc.)
  • Fixed HDR Vulkan capturing with disabled VSYNC
  • Stability improvements

New in Action! 4.11.0 (Sep 9, 2020)

  • Added new, easier to use Window capture mode
  • Fixed long MP4 recording (over 6 hours)
  • Improved 8K recording in AVI format
  • Added AMD GPU selection on systems with more than one AMD GPU
  • Improved capturing performance on Intel GPUs
  • Improved video preview on multi-GPU systems
  • GUI improvements

New in Action! 4.10.5 (Aug 18, 2020)

  • Fixed YouTube login after latest Google API changes
  • Fixed problems with some Nvidia mobile GPUs (920M etc.)
  • Stability improvements

New in Action! 4.10.4 (Aug 6, 2020)

  • Added crash dump report uploading to cloud (upon user acceptance)
  • Stability improvements

New in Action! 4.10.3 (Jul 28, 2020)

  • Fixed overlay graphics opening
  • Added automatic Windows Error Reporting to improve support/bug fixing speed

New in Action! 4.10.1 (Jul 3, 2020)

  • Fixed problems with OpenGL support (X-Plane 11 crash etc.)
  • Fixed Doom Ethernal not starting after latest update with Action Vulkan layer installed
  • Fixed Facebook login from countries like Thailand
  • Fixed AMD AMF HEVC and HDR10 support in Vegas editor
  • Fixed some Vulkan BattleEye protected games not starting with Action Vulkan layer installed
  • Stability improvements

New in Action! 4.10.0 (Jun 25, 2020)

  • NEW easy to use selected application window recording/streaming and recording/streaming of multiple desktops in a single video (link to video tutorial is available below)
  • Added support for 8K MP4 video capture for newest Intel and Nvidia GPUs
  • Fixed system/driver crash after hardware PlayReady 3.0 DRM is enbaled with Action! running
  • Fixed 240fps recording in HDR mode
  • Fixed Vulkan HDR capturing in active screen mode
  • Stability improvements

New in Action! 4.9.0 (May 29, 2020)

  • CRITICAL FIX for Windows 10 version 2004 (May 2020 update)
  • Improved 120/144/240fps recording (less frames are dropped)
  • Added selected application window recording/streaming
  • Fixed application hanging after logging in to an unverified Google/YouTube account
  • Time-Shift maximum duration is now 30 minutes

New in Action! 4.8.1 (May 19, 2020)

  • Important fix for hardware capturing devices support

New in Action! 4.8.0 (May 18, 2020)

  • Added 240fps video capture (Use with caution! May not work on all system configurations and in HDR. Not recommended above 1080p)
  • Important fix for constant frame rate (CFR) recording/streaming when CPU/GPU loads are high
  • Further stability fixes/improvements for DirectX 10/11/12 capturing when Alt+Tab (entering/leaving fullscreen mode) is being used
  • Fixed wrong HDR detection after using Alt+Tab (entering/leaving fullscreen mode) in some situations
  • Added new 1440p and 2160p predefined video size profiles
  • Fixed application hanging after URL source enabling/disabling (using tick button or hotkey)
  • Fixed some URL sources not displaying properly

New in Action! 4.6.0 (Apr 25, 2020)

  • Fixed active screen switching (on accounts without administrator rights)
  • Fixed desktop capture on multi-GPU systems (on accounts without administrator rights)
  • Fixed cursor position when recording regions on multiple desktops (other than primary)
  • Fixed desktop capture when non-native resolution with non-native aspect ratio is selected
  • Fixed Vulkan HUD not refreshing when recording/streaming is started
  • Fixed support for very long streamkeys (used by Booyah live streaming service)
  • Fixed not detecting specific applications as active
  • Reduced minimum streaming bitrate value for 60fps
  • New 30% smaller installer
  • OpenGL capture fixes
  • GUI improvements

New in Action! 4.5.0 (Apr 9, 2020)

  • Fixed 4K/HDR video player not starting with hardware acceleration enabled by default
  • New improved desktop video capture engine for accounts without administrator rights (guest account)
  • HDR desktop capture on accounts without administrator rights is now possible
  • Fixed problems when running Action! on multiple accounts at the same time (administrator and guest)
  • Fixed support for older Intel GPUs running with old drivers or drivers that cannot be updated

New in Action! 4.4.0 (Mar 28, 2020)

  • HOTFIX: Fixed Doom Eternal recording in Vulkan HDR10 mode
  • HOTFIX: Improved OpenGL support on notebooks with two GPUs (integrated and high performance)
  • HOTFIX: Improved Minecraft (JAVA edition) support (still the HUD is wrongly displayed in some views since version 1.13)
  • Fixed compatibility with Intel GPUs when old drivers are installed or GPU does not support NV12 format
  • Reduced number of requests to YouTube API Services
  • Live viewers count is disabled by default

New in Action! 4.3.1 (Mar 21, 2020)

  • HOTFIX: Fixed problems with GPUs not fully supporting DirectX 11.1 features
  • Fixed region recording using Intel GPUs

New in Action! 4.3.0 (Mar 18, 2020)

  • Improved Vulkan performance
  • Fixed desktop recording when Windows 10 virtual scaling is enabled (desktop resolution is not monitor's native resolution)
  • Fixed pause when no audio is recorded or no audio devices are present in the system (video only)
  • Added YouTube permissions revocation after logging out in account manager
  • Added Discord to built-in exclude list

New in Action! 4.2.0 (Mar 12, 2020)

  • NEW: Real-time preview in HDR10!
  • NEW: HDR10 recording/capture now available on newest AMD Vega GPUs!
  • Automatic switching to SDR encoder when first video frame is not in HDR
  • Fixed problems with detecting HDR video (integration with NVIDIA NVAPI and ADM AGS API for HDR output detection)
  • Fixed corrupted video colors by incorrectly detecting RGB10 SDR video as HDR
  • Fixed ST2048/BT2020 gamma detecting in DirectX 12 by implementing missing Windows 10 functionality
  • Improved HDR10 video quality
  • Fixed problems with performance on AMD RX 5700 and other new AMD GPUs (SDR encoders for all GPU vendors now work in NV12 format)
  • Fixed problems with Alt-Tab in DirectX 12
  • Added system sound volume boost to 200% (fixes too quiet audio recording)

New in Action! 4.1.2 (Feb 10, 2020)

  • Fixed HDR10 glitch during video start after uploading to YouTube
  • Improved HDR video source detection

New in Action! 4.1.1 (Feb 7, 2020)

  • HOTFIX: Important fix for DirectX 9 and 10

New in Action! 4.1.0 (Feb 6, 2020)

  • HDR10 recording improvements (fixed invalid colors in 600+ nits etc.)
  • Added high quality webcam and overlays rendering on HDR video
  • New high quality HDR10 to SDR real-time video conversion
  • Added support for high quality HDR video screenshots
  • Fixed crashing in DirectX 12 in SLI/Crossfire setups
  • Up to 120fps 4K video capture in SDR mode with SLI/Crossfire
  • Fixed HDR10 recording in DirectX 12 in SLI mode (not recommended, performance might be lower then in non-SLI mode)
  • Fixed problems when monitor is switching to fullscreen exclusive mode in HDR mode
  • Increased default video quality from Normal to High (Ultra is recommended for best quality)
  • Improved Vulkan recording performance
  • Added support for recording Vulkan in HDR10 mode
  • Stability fixes

New in Action! 4.0.4 (Jan 16, 2020)

  • Fixed YouTube login using account manager (for some accounts)
  • Fixed Twitch login on Windows 7 and Windows 8 using account manager
  • Fixed D3D10 and D3D10.1 support in DXGI 1.1 mode using new capturing engine
  • Fixed region recording on Windows 7 in MP4 mode
  • Fixed region recording on Windows 8/8.1/10 in AVI mode
  • Fixed Nvidia SLI support (capturing in SLI mode is not recommended and may not work for Direct3D 12, HDR10 recording does not work in SLI mode)
  • Fixed SRGB video capturing in AVI and cross-GPU modes
  • Fixed support for systems with AMD GPU and Intel GPU working together
  • Fixed support for 1366x768 displays
  • Fixed black recordings in some situations with scaling enabled
  • Fixed crashing when no audio devices are available in the system
  • Fixed recording/streaming in odd resolutions
  • Fixed Mirillis Vulkan layer reducing framerate when Action is not running (more Vulkan performance fixes and Vulkan HDR recording coming in 4.0.5 update)

New in Action! 4.0.3 (Dec 24, 2019)

  • New capturing/recording engine for DirectX 9Ex/10/11/12/OpenGL (up to 2x performance optimisation)
  • HDR10 (10bit) recording/encoding has been added. Windows 10 and a HDR monitor connected with DisplayPort 1.4 is recommended (but HDMI 2.0 will also work). Please enable HDR/Wide Color Gamut in Windows 10 display settings for selected monitor.
  • When using USB-C for laptops connected via HDMI adapter problems may occur (USB-C to DisplayPort 1.4 cable is recommended).
  • To use HDR10 mode please check Hardware Acceleration list in Action 4 video tab (main view) and select Intel or Nvidia HDR10.
  • Added HEVC support for Intel and AMD GPUs
  • Increased maximum recording bitrate to 200Mbps (useful for 4K@60fps HDR10 recording)

New in Action! 3.10.1 (Sep 30, 2019)

  • Fixed support for AMD RX 5700 and newer GPUs

New in Action! 3.10.0 (Sep 18, 2019)

  • Added integration with Mixer
  • Fixed Vulkan recoding/streaming (No Man's Sky etc.)
  • Fixed live user count number on HUD for Twitch
  • Fixed support for DLive streaming platform
  • Stability fixes

New in Action! 3.9.6 (Sep 18, 2019)

  • Added support for ARGB32 webcam drivers (with software removed background)

New in Action! 3.9.5 (May 24, 2019)

  • Added full support for Rage 2 (Vulkan with HUD and streaming overlays)
  • Fixed support for Elgato HD 60S (32-bit mode is no longer supported by Elgato drivers)

New in Action! 3.9.4 (May 21, 2019)

  • Fixed long Action! closing when suspended UWP processes/games are running in the background
  • GUI improvements

New in Action! 3.9.3 (May 1, 2019)

  • Added RTMPS secure streaming support
  • Added RTMPS support for Facebook LIVE (required after May 1st 2019 FB API update)
  • Fixed problems with UWP/Windows Store Apps recording/streaming after minimizing/restoring them

New in Action! 3.9.2 (Apr 23, 2019)

  • IMPORTANT fix for recording/streaming 64-bit games and applications
  • VERY IMPORTANT fix for games using BattleEye and Easy Anti-Cheat systems (ie. Fortnite after latest anti-cheat system update could crash after connecting with Action!)

New in Action! 3.9.1 (Mar 15, 2019)

  • Improved compatibility with Intel DCH drivers (because of problems generated with these drivers we strongly recommend rolling back to non-DCH drivers)
  • Fixed Focusrite Scarlette device recording
  • Improved microphone/system sound volume notification on HUD (more visible at low volumes)
  • Improved hardware accelerated Motion JPEG decoding
  • Added Korean language support

New in Action! 3.9.0 (Jan 25, 2019)

  • Increased maximum Time-Shift duration
  • Added Time-Shift enable/disable hotkey (default: Ctrl + T)
  • Added Time-Shift in RAM mode (HDD/SSD won't be hogged anymore!)
  • Fixes problems with Logitech C920 webcam support after latest driver updates

New in Action! 3.8.0 (Dec 13, 2018)

  • Added full support for recording/streaming Microsoft Store/UWP apps (please make sure to remove any excluded UWP apps from Action!'s exclude list)
  • Fixed problems with recording 64-bit DirectX 9 applications

New in Action! 3.7.2 (Dec 7, 2018)

  • Fixed compatibility with Activision products (COD WW2, Black Ops and other new titles)
  • Stability improvements

New in Action! 3.7.1 (Nov 29, 2018)

  • What's new:
  • Added possibility to force custom MP4 video bitrate (select from 1 to 100Mbps in video settings)
  • Added recording start delay counter (available in general settings)
  • Added hotkeys for showing/hiding Browser Source overlays (in hotkeys settings)

New in Action! 3.7.0 (Nov 21, 2018)

  • NEW FEATURES:
  • Automatic repair of corrupted MP4 and M4A recordings! (Now you will never lose any recording even when power gets cut off or your system crashes during recording)
  • Advanced microphone noise suppression has been added (configuration in microphone settings)
  • System performance monitor displayed on HUD with lots of useful information like CPU/GPU usage CPU/GPU RAM usage, CPU temperature and network adapter usage (plugin installation needed - read more on Mirillis Facebook)
  • Fixed drawing panel translations for some languages

New in Action! 3.6.1 (Nov 8, 2018)

  • HOT FIX: Recording microphone in audio recording mode has been fixed (mono sound was recorded instead of stereo)
  • Time-shift is now reset after closing application/game to which it was connected (this allows easy switching between applications)

New in Action! 3.6.0 (Nov 7, 2018)

  • Action! UI has been reorganized to allow easy setup of up to 3 audio sources in the main application view
  • Switching between recorded applications in game recording mode has been fixed
  • Fixed Windows 10 display scaling support (in full screen and region mode)
  • Added microphone and system sound volume notifications on HUD
  • Added microphone pan/balance setup (in microphone settings)
  • Added Turkish and Hungarian translations
  • Translation improvements

New in Action! 3.5.5 (Oct 23, 2018)

  • Fixed auxilary audio recording (to separate file) when recording is started with time-shift running in the background
  • Action! language translations are now stored in XML files for easy creation of new localizations (lang and lang_ex folders)
  • GUI improvements
  • Stability fixes

New in Action! 3.5.4 (Oct 13, 2018)

  • IMPORTANT fix for systems with Nvidia SLI setup with no H.265/HEVC encoding support (NVENC was not used for encoding)
  • Fixed closing/crashing of some Windows Store Apps when Action! was running (UWP applications must be recorded in Active Screen mode from now on)
  • Automatic detection of UWP applications and excluding them from monitoring
  • Fixed adding of exluded processed from restricted locations (like Windows Store Apps)
  • Read more at: https://mirillis.com/

New in Action! 3.5.3 (Oct 10, 2018)

  • Fixed streaming with very low bitrate (under 0.8Mbps)
  • Fixed recording in software mode with bitrate above 60Mbps
  • Fixed microphone/webcam hotkey when Ctrl/Shift or Alt is pressed

New in Action! 3.5.2 (Oct 5, 2018)

  • IMPORTANT live streaming stability and video quality improvements for Intel/Nvidia/AMD GPUs

New in Action! 3.5.1 (Oct 4, 2018)

  • HOT FIX: streaming to Twitch error #3000 has been fixed
  • HOT FIX: green/corrupted video while streaming to YouTube has been fixed
  • Fixed maximum Ultra quality bitrate when encoding with Intel Quick Sync Video acceleration

New in Action! 3.5.0 (Oct 1, 2018)

  • Big improvements in live streaming quality (strict-CBR, AMD AMF improvements and more...)
  • Selection between Variable and Constant framerate (with automatic fallback to VFR when performance is not good enough for CFR)
  • 120 and 144fps (HFR) MP4 recording (for slow motion purposes)
  • Support for 120 and 144fps playback in ActionPlayer
  • Excluded processes list is now supported within Action! (Settings->General->Advanced settings group)
  • Fixes for the latest Windows 10 update

New in Action! 3.4.0 (Sep 7, 2018)

  • Large improvements in video recording performance (with vsync disabled)
  • Fixed problems with recording on systems that have virtual surround software installed (like Nahimic)
  • Improved high bitrate AVI recording on systems with hybrid hard disks (SSD + HDD). We still recommend normal HDD or SSD for high bitrate video recording
  • Browser overlays now accept keyboard input (for example you can logon to YouTube to allow YouTube chat overlay)
  • Fixed Action! not working properly from certain disk locations 
  • Audio/Video desynchronization when streaming during high CPU usage has been fixed
  • Fixed frame stuttering when recording video from Elgato/Hauppauge and other devices that capture MPEG-2 transport stream
  • Fixed AVI freezing during high CPU usage
  • Fixed webcam stuttering during high CPU usage

New in Action! 3.2.0 (Aug 3, 2018)

  • Added Vulkan support
  • Added HDR recording in SDR format (64bit to 32bit color conversion)
  • Added benchmarking file format selection (HTML or CSV formats are available)
  • Important stability fixes (on Action! startup, memory leaks etc.)
  • Fixed Time-Shift crashing in 4K
  • Fixed low-disk space information on HUD in 4K
  • Fixed memory leak on x64 systems with recent Windows 10 updates installed

New in Action! 3.1.6 (Jun 20, 2018)

  • Added browser source preview in overlay source settings
  • Added ability to navigate browser source (click, scroll etc.)
  • Fixed saving last desktop screenshot monitor selection
  • Fixed recording pausing with multiple audio tracks stored to separate files
  • Enabled graphics overlay changing during recording/streaming 
  • When recorded application/game crashes recording/streaming is not stopped and can be seamlessly continued after relaunching game/application (in MP4 mode)
  • Stability fixes
  • GUI improvements

New in Action! 3.1.5 (Jun 4, 2018)

  • Added 4K/UHD (150%/150DPI) mode for user interface (Settings->General->User interface size)
  • Added Action! fullscreen GUI mode
  • Added 4K/UHD mode for drawing panel
  • Improved GUI readability on small displays
  • Fixed browser source on HUD refresh rate with drawing panel visible
  • Fixed help language selection

New in Action! 3.1.4 (May 23, 2018)

  • 4K/UHD (150% size) HUD for resolutions above 2560x1440
  • Moved browser/URL sources setup to live streaming tab
  • Moved selected (private) application recording setup from video settings to main video tab
  • GUI improvements (duration editing with editbox etc.)

New in Action! 3.1.3 (May 15, 2018)

  • Performance improvements in device recording mode with recording preview enabled
  • Stability fixes

New in Action! 3.1.2 (May 8, 2018)

  • Updated RTMP servers for Twitch and Smashcast services (please make sure that you have the correct streaming server set after the update)
  • Fixed Action! long startup time
  • Fixed push to talk mouse hotkey assignment
  • Added Webcam size/position controls in Webcam Settings window (like in Action! version 2.x)
  • Improved webcam cropping
  • Disabled changing video composition during recording (to not allow accidental overlay layout change)
  • Fixed problem with dissapearing preview when recorded game/application does not refresh
  • AVI recording preformance improvements
  • Fixed problem of not locking Action! to selected 3D application (if more then one is running)
  • Fixed conflict of Action! HUD with Uplay and Steam overlays
  • Added disabling of fast OpenGL recording path on Intel GPUs (where problems occur which pixelated video)
  • to enable this workaround please place an empty slowintel.txt file in Action! installation folder

New in Action! 3.1.1 (Apr 27, 2018)

  • Critical fix for Windows 7 (HW accelerated webcam decoding initialization could crash Action! on startup on old Intel drivers)
  • Fixed support for Angle engine
  • Added recording timer (like in version 2.x)
  • Added streaming icons in status bar
  • Fixed audio only recording duration
  • Read more at: https://mirillis.com/

New in Action! 3.1.0 (Apr 26, 2018)

  • IMPORTANT: this update is required for compatibility with new Windows Spring Creators update!
  • NEW FEATURE: hardware accelerated (on selected Intel CPUs) 4K/UHD Webcam recording (for example Logitech Brio 4K webcam up to 4K/30p or even 60p - no lags or frame dropping), setup under settings->video tab
  • Fixed problem with assigning multiple keys as hotkeys (CTRL or SHIFT + other keys)
  • Audio recording tab again available
  • Fixed OPENGL recording performance on NVIDIA and AMD GPUs (4K/60p recording)
  • Hardware accelerated scaling of OPENGL games and applications in AVI and MP4 mode (on NVIDIA and AMD GPUs)
  • Fixed problem with attaching to games with launchers (in game recording mode). It is now possible to easly switch between multiple games/launchers running at the same time)
  • Fixed switching between multiple games in preview mode
  • Private application recording mode again available (setup under settings->video tab)
  • Fixed SSE2 support for old AMD CPUs
  • Added notification about video capture/streaming and audio recording by highlighting tabs
  • GUI improvements
  • Stability fixes

New in Action! 3.0.0 (Apr 26, 2018)

  • We are proud to announce that new Action! 3.0 is now available, with modern look & feel and tons of new features:
  • NEW FEATURE: Live preview of video composition
  • NEW FEATURE: Accounts manager (YouTube, Facebook etc.)
  • NEW FEATURE: Drawing Panel (draw shapes and texts over any borderless windowed games in real time!)
  • NEW FEATURE: Lots of performance improvements and fixes
  • NEW FEATURE: Support for web browser overlays
  • NEW FEATURE: New advanced multi-layer HUD (view chat overlay over any streamed game!)
  • NEW FEATURE: Support for 4K webcams
  • Read more at: https://mirillis.com/

New in Action! 2.8.2 (Dec 22, 2017)

  • Fixed compatibility between Edge browser and Action!
  • Improved latest Nvidia drivers interoperability with Action!
  • Stability improvements

New in Action! 2.8.1 (Oct 23, 2017)

  • Important fix for Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 desktop/screen recording

New in Action! 2.8.0 (Oct 9, 2017)

  • Added possibility to record selected audio device (ie. microphone) to a separate audio file. Check Recording microphone to separate audio file for game and screen recordings tutorial to learn more.
  • Added support for Elgato Game Capture HD60 S device (USB 3.0 required)
  • Improved Elgato capturing devices support
  • GUI improvements

New in Action! 2.7.4 (Sep 29, 2017)

  • Fixed fullscreen desktop recording after recording downscaled desktop region
  • Added scrollable hotkeys settings

New in Action! 2.7.3 (Sep 22, 2017)

  • NEW FEATURE: Microphone volume indicator on HUD (during recording)
  • Improved Hauppauge device detection

New in Action! 2.7.2 (Sep 17, 2017)

  • Improved microphone/system sound volume balance (added possibility to set both microphone and system sound level to 100%)
  • Added automatic volume normalization to minimize loud sound distortions when mixing microphone/system sound to one audio track
  • Fixed microphone volume when recording microphone to separate audio track
  • Removed system microphone volume setting (hardware volume must be set using operating system settings)
  • Fixed crash when recording specific desktop region size with upscaling
  • Fixed installer for Intel RealSense version

New in Action! 2.7.1 (Sep 13, 2017)

  • IMPORTANT: Fixed HUD hiding and hide HUD on Action! startup on Windows 7 and Windows 8 (corrupted desktop was visible)
  • Added possibility to assign -,+,[,],,:,' as hotkeys
  • Improved support for Avermedia C835 and C875 capture cards (supports both StreamEngine and Raw MPEG-2 capture)

New in Action! 2.7.0 (Sep 8, 2017)

  • NEW: Added HUD opacity setting (available for Windows 7/8/8.1/10 Desktop, D3D9, D3D10, D3D11, D3D12 and OpenGL)
  • NEW: Added support for Hauppauge PVR devices
  • Improved not recording visible HUD in desktop mode for Windows 7/8/8.1/10 (visible on screen but not recorded)
  • Improved 10bit-per-pixel desktop recording (automatic detection of 30bit color desktop for NVIDIA Quadro and AMD FirePro GPUs)
  • Support/automatic detection for setups with both 10bit-per-pixel and 8bit-per-pixel monitors connected
  • Fixed sRGB video recording with multi-sampling enabled (D3D10/D3D11)
  • Fixed all major problems with OpenGL recording on AMD GPUs
  • Fixed recording performance for some OpenGL games
  • Fixed crashing when recording old OpenGL games
  • Fixed support for recording sRGB OpenGL applications
  • Fixed out of memory crash when recording/streaming 32bit games and applications that use lots of memory
  • Improved recording performance of Direct3D 9 games/applications (up to 25% performance increase)
  • Fixed problems with HUD hide/position change and screenshot hotkey detection
  • Fixed Farming Simulator 17 game recording
  • Overall performance improvements

New in Action! 2.6.2 (Aug 18, 2017)

  • Fixed desktop detection after returning from standby/suspend state
  • Fixed desktop detection after returning from login state

New in Action! 2.6.1 (Aug 4, 2017)

  • Fixed support for Windows 10 virtual desktop scaling
  • Fixed recovery of desktops after exiting fullscreen exclusive mode games/applications
  • Multi-display stability fixes
  • Fixed support for some OpenGL games/applications
  • Fixed description setting for YouTube live-streaming

New in Action! 2.6.0 (Jul 26, 2017)

  • Facebook login credentials are now valid for 30-60 days
  • Improved mouse cursor synchronization in desktop recordings
  • Improved recording performance
  • Fixed recording of some OpenGL games/applications
  • Fixed Audio Input/Output device selection on startup when device has beed removed from system
  • Livestreaming logon credentials are not checked when livestraming is disabled
  • Fixed region recording on systems with multi-DPI display configuration

New in Action! 2.5.5 (Jun 28, 2017)

  • Application stability improvements

New in Action! 2.5.4 (Jun 24, 2017)

  • Application stability fixed when running Action! in offline mode

New in Action! 2.5.3 (Jun 23, 2017)

  • 4K live streaming - added possibility to live stream videos up to 4K resolution using Original video size option
  • Stability improvements

New in Action! 2.5.2 (May 31, 2017)

  • Added RTP/UDP/IGMP streaming (via custom URL address)
  • Fixed custom RTMP streaming
  • Fixed streaming to restream.io
  • Fixed cancelling of Time-Shift recordings
  • Installer improvements
  • GUI improvements

New in Action! 2.5.1 (May 18, 2017)

  • Added support for Smashcast LIVE Streaming service
  • Important improvements for video recording with AMD APP acceleration
  • GUI improvements
  • Stability improvements

New in Action! 2.5.0 (May 16, 2017)

  • Added 150% GUI size for displays larger than 2560x1440
  • Added 150% HUD size for displays larger than 2560x1440
  • Added information about GPU used for active screen/application rendering
  • Added 4K/UHD MP4 recording on AMD GPUs
  • Added 4K/UHD hardware accelerated video exporting on AMD GPUs
  • Added ability to set title of YouTube/Facebook/Twitch live streams
  • Fixed 8K x 8K virtual screens screenshots
  • Fixed recording of windowed games/applications (multiple application switching)
  • Fixed HUD rendering when more then 1 GPU outputs video
  • Addded Start/stop LIVE streaming button for region mode
  • GUI improvements
  • Stability improvements

New in Action! 2.4.1 (Apr 21, 2017)

  • Improvements for Windows 10 Creators Update running on systems with Nvidia GPU
  • Fixed Action! stability in device recording mode when device is disconnected

New in Action! 2.4.0 (Apr 20, 2017)

  • Added support for Elgato capturing devices
  • Fixed multiple window recording/switching
  • Added possibility to start recording in game mode using both hotkey or start button
  • Windows 10 Creators Update fixes (multiple display support, text rendering)
  • GUI fixes

New in Action! 2.3.0 (Mar 14, 2017)

  • NEW FEATURE: Webcam/HDMI capture device recording mode (allows recording of game consoles with HDMI capture device connected)
  • Fixed webcam recording in AVI without mouse cursor recording turned on
  • HUD displays actual framerate during recording (current vsync per second, average fps shows recording framerate)
  • Improved webcam recording with alpha channel (Intel RealSense and chroma key)
  • Action! restart is no longer needed to switch webcam capturing resolution
  • Selected application (private recording) mode has been moved to Active Screen recording mode as an option
  • New improved Action! Player

New in Action! 2.2.1 (Feb 15, 2017)

  • Fixed Action! startup without any audio input devices present
  • Fixed AVI recording on systems with 16+ core processors
  • Important change: video recordings are not stopped when using Alt-Tab in Games and applications recording mode
  • New: Added tutorials showing basic Action! features
  • Minor GUI changes: changed hardware acceleration selection for recording/streaming

New in Action! 2.2.0 (Feb 10, 2017)

  • Fixed livestreaming disconnection when broadcasting on systems with AMD GPU
  • Improved livestreaming constant bitrate output
  • Added 2 input devices recording (ex. 2 microphones at the same time)
  • Added mono system sound recording
  • Fixed Action! startup when livestreaming login credentials have expired
  • New engine for selected window recording (private window recording - not showing other windows to viewers)
  • New method of showing information about updates
  • Stability fixes

New in Action! 2.1.0 (Jan 17, 2017)

  • NEW FEATURE: Full live streaming/login API integration with Facebook, YouTube, Twitch and Hitbox
  • NEW FEATURE: Real-time live streaming viewers counter statistics displayed on HUD
  • Live streaming start button added
  • Live streaming privacy selection for Facebook and YouTube
  • Recording performance fixed on specific Win10 systems
  • Fixed Facebook video uploading
  • Fixed Action! startup with Elgato device installed
  • Fixed Action! AVI recording when very large cursors are visible (ex Photoshop)
  • Fixed OpenGL recording (Intel GPU ex Minecraft)
  • Fixed OpenGL recording (Exanima game)
  • Stability fixes
  • GUI improvements

New in Action! 2.0.7 (Dec 4, 2016)

  • Reverted possibility to assign CTRL for Start/Stop video recording
  • Fixed Live Streaming Auto-reconnect function
  • Added option to assign custom hotkey to Start/Stop Live Streaming

New in Action! 2.0.6 (Dec 2, 2016)

  • Application stability improvements
  • Application installer improvements

New in Action! 2.0.5 (Nov 23, 2016)

  • Important: DirectX 12 games recording performance improved
  • Ultra video quality preset added (Video settings) for ultra quality, hight bitrate MP4 video recordings
  • Stability improvements (memory leaks fixed)

New in Action! 2.0.4 (Nov 18, 2016)

  • Fixed Battlefield 1 DirectX 12 gameplay recording
  • Updated Twitch servers list
  • Application installer improvements

New in Action! 2.0.2 (Nov 16, 2016)

  • Application stability improvements
  • Application installer improvements

New in Action! 2.0.1 (Nov 10, 2016)

  • Fixed Battlefield 1 DirectX 12 gameplay recording
  • Fixed DirectX 11/12 games and applications recording in windowed mode
  • Fixed Action! startup problem with Avermedia capture hardware/software installed
  • Improved graphics overlay alpha blending quality

New in Action! 2.0.0 (Nov 5, 2016)

  • Green screen (chroma keys) function added for webcams
  • Live streaming to Facebook added and more!

New in Action! 1.31.5.0 (Aug 19, 2016)

  • 4k Windows desktop video recording stability improvements (for recording 4k Windows Logon screen, 4k Windows screen without Windows Aero, 4k Windows screen on normal (non-admin) Windows user)
  • User interface improvements

New in Action! 1.31.4.0 (Aug 4, 2016)

  • Important fix for Windows 10 desktop recording with the latest Windows 10 Anniversary Update installed.
  • Important fix for exporting/uploading to YouTube (Fixed problem with message reporting old/unsupported browser)

New in Action! 1.31.3.0 (May 17, 2016)

  • Fixed Action! HUD visibility for DOOM game.

New in Action! 1.31.2.0 (May 16, 2016)

  • Stability fix for closing webcam preview window

New in Action! 1.31.1.0 (May 10, 2016)

  • Fixed application start on computers with NVIDIA graphics cards.

New in Action! 1.31.0.0 (May 9, 2016)

  • NEW FEATURE: Hardware accelerated HEVC/H.265 video recording support added for NVIDIA graphics cards (minimum GTX 900 series and driver R358 or above are required)
  • NEW FEATURE: AVI recordings hardware accelerated export to MP4 (HEVC/H.265) added for NVIDIA graphics cards (minimum GTX 900 series and driver R358 or above are required)
  • 4k AVI recordings export improvements
  • Fixed problem with Intel Quick Sync Video accelerated export stucking at 0%
  • User interface improvements
  • Stability improvements

New in Action! 1.30.3.0 (Apr 4, 2016)

  • Fixed video recording start problem with Time-shift option enabled

New in Action! 1.30.2.0 (Apr 3, 2016)

  • LIVE Streaming stability fixes
  • Auto reconnect improvements for LIVE Streaming

New in Action! 1.30.1.0 (Mar 30, 2016)

  • IMPORTANT: Recording stability fix for Intel Quick Sync accelerated video recordings
  • IMPORTANT: Audio - video synchronization improvements
  • LIVE Streaming stability fixes
  • Fixed webcam recording for LIVE Streaming with "Record streamed video to disk" option disabled

New in Action! 1.30.0.0 (Jan 28, 2016)

  • Remote Action! improvements
  • Fixed exporting to YouTube using normal (non-admin) Windows user account
  • Stability improvements

New in Action! 1.29.0.0 (Oct 23, 2015)

  • IMPORTANT: Remote Action! service is now free for all users
  • Fixed video recording on Normal (non-Admin) user account
  • Stability improvements

New in Action! 1.28.0.0 (Oct 18, 2015)

  • IMPORTANT fix for systems with NVIDIA Optimus technology on Windows 8.1/10 (with global setting preferred graphics processor set to high performance NVIDIA processor)
  • Improved support for Intel Quick Sync Video technology (requirement to connect or create a display for Intel graphics card is now obsolete for Windows 8/8.1 or higher)
  • Fixed OpenGL applications recording on systems with NVIDIA Optimus and Windows 10
  • Fixed Windows Logon screen recording for setups with hight DPI Windows settings (125% DPI or higher)
  • Improved quality of software recording in MP4 format
  • Stability improvements

New in Action! 1.27.2.0 (Oct 17, 2015)

  • Fixed problem with Action! startup on systems with NVIDIA Optimus Technology on Windows 8/8.1/10 (with Action! forced to run on NVIDIA gpu in NVIDIA control panel)

New in Action! 1.27.1.0 (Oct 6, 2015)

  • Webcam Capture resolution option added
  • Added options to set horizontal and vertical webcam position
  • Stability improvements

New in Action! 1.27.0.0 (Sep 28, 2015)

  • NEW FEATURE: DirectX 12 games and applications recording support added
  • IMPORTANT LIVE Streaming improvements
  • Windows 10 improvements
  • Fixed screenshot capture for 10bit games and applications
  • Stability improvements

New in Action! 1.26.1.0 (Aug 24, 2015)

  • Fixed LIVE Streaming with NVIDIA NVENC acceleration on Windows 10
  • Fixed NVENC support detection for Maxwell architecture

New in Action! 1.26.0.0 (Aug 19, 2015)

  • IMPORTANT: Fixed Windows 10 32bit support
  • Added possibility to run Action! without administrative privileges on non-Administrator user accounts and guest account
  • Improved performance of desktop recording on Windows 7 with Aero disabled
  • Fixed mouse cursor recording for Active desktop region recording mode
  • Stability fixes

New in Action! 1.25.6.0 (Aug 1, 2015)

  • Important improvements for Windows 10
  • Fixed problems with video recording using Active screen recording mode on Windows 10 (problems with switching from fullscreen games to desktop)
  • Fixed problems with audio and video recording on some systems with Razer Kraken 7.1 headphones

New in Action! 1.25.5.0 (Jul 18, 2015)

  • Fixed problems for systems with AMD graphics cards without AMD APP/VCE support and with latest Catalyst 15.7 drivers installed

New in Action! 1.25.4.0 (Jul 14, 2015)

  • Fixed problems for systems with AMD GPUs and latest Catalyst 15.7 drivers installed
  • Fixed recording with AMD APP acceleration on Windows 10
  • AMD APP accelerated video recording performance improvements
  • Stability fixes

New in Action! 1.25.3.0 (Jun 4, 2015)

  • Hardware accelerated 4k video recording and exporting added for Intel Broadwell CPUs
  • Fixed turning "Run Action! on Windows start" on/off
  • Remote Action!: Remote PC status display improvements
  • Remote Action!:Fixed maximum video resolution for mobile devices

New in Action! 1.25.2.0 (Jun 1, 2015)

  • Fixed Action! HUD rendering in some OpenGL games like Wolfenstein The New Order, Wolfenstein The Old Blood and Rage
  • Time-Shift recording improvements
  • Remote Action!: Support added for Windows 8/8.1/10 Multitouch (requires Remote Action! app ver. 1.3)
  • Remote Action!: Support added for virtual joystick (requires Remote Action! app ver. 1.3 and vJoy installed od PC)

New in Action! 1.25.1.0 (May 22, 2015)

  • Fixed Critical error 106" problem on Action! start with Windows User Account Control (UAC) disabled

New in Action! 1.25.0.0 (May 20, 2015)

  • NEW FEATURE: Time-Shift recording added for Games and applications recording mode
  • IMPORTANT LIVE Streaming connection process fixes
  • Fixed problem with error popup for recordings with NVENC after latest NVIDIA graphics drivers update
  • Remote Action!: fixed not working arrow keys in some games
  • Wolfenstein: The Old Blood recording fixed
  • Fixed Windows 10 build 10074 recording
  • Stability improvements
  • User interface improvements

New in Action! 1.24.3.0 (Apr 6, 2015)

  • Support for MCE remote controls added (supported options: start recording, pause/resume recording, stop recording)
  • Remote Action! connection process improvements
  • Fixed problem with hotkeys for single CTRL, ALT and SHIFT keys
  • Stability improvements
  • User interface improvements

New in Action! 1.24.2.0 (Mar 23, 2015)

  • Fixed BattlEye protected games recording like Arma, Dayz etc.
  • Improved connection with specific games and applications

New in Action! 1.24.1.0 (Mar 12, 2015)

  • NEW FEATURE: Free Action! RCU app for Android is now available. Monitor and control your recordings with your smartphone or tablet!
  • Reduced Action! memory usage
  • Maximum webcam recording size changed to 1280x720
  • Video recording performance improvements
  • Improved webcam recording
  • User interface improvements

New in Action! 1.23.0.0 (Feb 26, 2015)

  • IMPORTANT: Windows 10 Technical Preview (b. 9926) desktop recording support added
  • Improved web and media players video recording quality
  • Fixed video recording with "Record system sounds" option disabled
  • Improved webcam recording

New in Action! 1.22.1.0 (Feb 14, 2015)

  • Fixed problem with too short video recordings in AVI format
  • Fixed problem with audio drops in video recordings in AVI format
  • Fixed video scalling for software desktop region recording in MP4 format
  • Fixed microphone recording on button down (on/off) for audio only recordings
  • Video recording stability improvements

New in Action! 1.22.0.0 (Feb 9, 2015)

  • IMPORTANT: LIVE Streaming service is now free for all users
  • NEW FEATURE: Adaptive/Variable framerate video recording
  • NEW FEATURE: Recorded webcams preview in Action! HUD added
  • Software MP4 video recording unlocked up to 4K resolution
  • Fixed audio/video synchronization for MP4 video recordings (fixed problems with speeding audio/video and other synchronization problems)
  • Fixed problem with too short video recordings in MP4 format
  • Fixed MP4 video recording stability
  • Fixed OpenGL games and applications recording stability
  • Improvements for webcam recording
  • User interface improvements (Remote Action! moved to a separate tab)
  • New webcam and microphone recording mode: On button down (ON/OFF)
  • Removed "Delete All Files" from recordings manager
  • Added keyboard shortcuts for recording manager (CTRL+A etc.)

New in Action! 1.21.0.0 (Jan 22, 2015)

  • NEW FEATURE: Support for 4K/3K/2K video recording in MP4 format with NVIDIA NVENC and Intel Quick Sync Video acceleration
  • NEW FEATURE: Support for 30bit Windows desktop recording (requires 30bit compatible graphics card and display)
  • Improved exporting to YouTube with channels selection support
  • Added YouTube 4K exporting profile
  • Video recording performance improvements
  • Fixed LIVE Streaming audio-video synchronization
  • Improvements for Windows 8 desktop region recording
  • Improved Remote Action! connection process
  • Improvements for Remote Action! flash, Modern UI and window mode games control
  • Action! player fullscreen improvements for multi-display setups on Windows 8
  • MP4 video recording stability improvements

New in Action! 1.20.2.0 (Nov 27, 2014)

  • Windows logon screen recording improvements
  • Improvements for Remote Action! functionality
  • Stability improvements

New in Action! 1.20.1.0 (Nov 19, 2014)

  • Improved NVIDIA NVENC video encoding quality
  • Improved Remote Action! video quality on LTE/Wifi 2.4Ghz
  • Improved Remote Action! connection process

New in Action! 1.20.0.0 (Nov 14, 2014)

  • NEW FEATURE: Remote Action! function added for remote PC access and playing PC games with Android devices!
  • NEW FEATURE: Support for NVIDIA NVENC acceleration added. Available for real-time MP4 recordings, for exporting AVI to MP4, for LIVE Streaming and Remote Action!
  • Improvements and fixes for MP4 desktop and gameplay recording
  • Added pause option for MP4 desktop and gameplay recordings
  • YouTube 60fps export support added
  • Added Windows desktop recording with Aero disabled
  • Improvements for games recording in 50p or lower framerates
  • Improved connecting to games starting with launcher windows
  • Video scalling added for DirectX8 and OpenGL applications and games recording in MP4 format
  • Run Action! on Windows start option added
  • Twitch LIVE streaming service ingests updated
  • hitbox service added for LIVE Streaming
  • The Elder Scrolls Online game recording fixed
  • Updated Aliez server for LIVE Streaming
  • Windows logon screen recording improvements
  • UAC popups recording improvements
  • Capture screenshots improvements for Active Screen recording mode
  • Stability fixes
  • User interface fixes and improvements

New in Action! 1.19.2.0 (Apr 18, 2014)

  • Performance improvements
  • Stability fixes

New in Action! 1.19.1.0 (Mar 25, 2014)

  • Fixed Logitech G13/G15/G19 support
  • Important stability fixes

New in Action! 1.19.0.0 (Mar 20, 2014)

  • NEW FEATURE: 120 fps video recording in AVI file format
  • NEW FEATURE: Support for DirectX 8 games and applications recording
  • Stability improvements
  • User interface improvements

New in Action! 1.18.0.0 (Mar 4, 2014)

  • NEW FEATURE: MP4 video recordings uploading to YouTube and Facebook
  • NEW FEATURE: Option to control MP4 video recordings bitrate
  • Fixed "Upload failed!" message when uploading to Facebook
  • User interface improvements
  • Important stability fixes

New in Action! 1.17.4.0 (Feb 17, 2014)

  • Custom Action! open folder and open file dialog windows added
  • Stability fixes

New in Action! 1.17.3.0 (Feb 5, 2014)

  • Fixed support for systems with AMD GPUs and non-vendor certified drivers
  • Stability fixes

New in Action! 1.17.2.0 (Feb 4, 2014)

  • Fixed Windows 8.1 Modern UI apps recording
  • Fixed HUD recording timer
  • Improved DirectX 10/11 games detection
  • Stability fixes

New in Action! 1.17.1.0 (Jan 24, 2014)

  • NEW FEATURE: Replaced Active desktop recording mode with Active screen recording mode (continuous desktop/fullscreen applications recording)
  • NEW FEATURE: Support for AMD APP acceleration added. Available both for real-time MP4 recordings and for exporting AVI to MP4.
  • IMPORTANT: Improved recording performance (up to 20% less CPU/GPU usage)
  • Fixed Call of Duty Ghosts recording
  • Fixed regular video stutter (in 1 second intervals) in some situations
  • Removed microphone noise when using very sensitive microphones (low volume microphone setups)
  • Improved support for 3rd party video editing software
  • Stability improvements
  • GUI improvements

New in Action! 1.16.3.0 (Sep 25, 2013)

  • Fixed Windows 8.1 RTM desktop recording on PCs with NVIDIA/AMD PCI-E graphics card installed and Intel Quick Sync Video technology enabled.
  • Optimized Action! startup time
  • Improved D3D11 recording
  • Fixed streaming startup with empty stream key

New in Action! 1.16.2.0 (Sep 20, 2013)

  • IMPORTANT: Windows 8.1 RTM desktop and applications recording support added
  • Fixed Action! not running in virtual machine environments
  • Fixed hotkeys associations
  • Allowed same hotkey association for microphone and webcam on key down recording
  • H.264/AVC software video encoding improvements
  • GUI improvements

New in Action! 1.16.1.0 (Sep 13, 2013)

  • Recording and streaming duration time added to HUD
  • Fixed elapsed recording time accuracy (fixes recording duration problem)
  • Fixed long Action! startup time
  • Stability improvements
  • GUI fixes

New in Action! 1.16.0.0 (Aug 24, 2013)

  • New AVI recording engine (recordings are not lost when recorded application crashes)
  • Fixed recording of videos with odd horizontal resolutions
  • Fixed video scaling to 480p and 240p
  • Stability improvements for NVIDIA GPUs
  • GUI fixes

New in Action! 1.15.2.0 (Aug 12, 2013)

  • Action! LIVE Streaming audio video synchronization improvements
  • Action! LIVE Streaming bitrate improvements
  • Fixed importing of LIVE Streaming recordings in Sony Vegas

New in Action! 1.15.1.0 (Aug 3, 2013)

  • Added option to record microphone into separate audio track for MP4 video recordings
  • Video quality improvements
  • Stability fixes

New in Action! 1.15.0.0 (Aug 1, 2013)

  • NEW FEATURE:
  • Action! LIVE streaming functionality added:
  • Streaming to Twitch.tv, YouTube, Ustream, Livestream, Aliez, Custom RTMP...
  • Streaming gameplay and Windows desktop up to 1080p 60p with Intel Quick Sync Video acceleration
  • Option to record streamed video to disk in MP4 format
  • Improvements and fixes:
  • Software recording up to 720p (30p) in MP4 file format added
  • Fixed recording of World of Tanks in 1366x768
  • Improved recording performance of World of Tanks and World of Warplanes
  • Update notification popup fixed.

New in Action! 1.14.3.0 (Jul 4, 2013)

  • Fixed desktop recording on the new Windows 8.1 Preview

New in Action! 1.14.2.0 (Jun 1, 2013)

  • Fixed corrupted decoding of video recordings including specific mouse cursors (i.e. Photoshop CS6 recordings)

New in Action! 1.14.1.0 (May 16, 2013)

  • Stability and performance improvements for webcam recording
  • FICV system decoder improvements

New in Action! 1.14.0.0 (Apr 27, 2013)

  • NEW FEATURE: Webcam recording added for gameplay and desktop recordings!
  • NEW FEATURE: Support for dual webcam recording
  • Stability improvements (fixed no HUD on startup problem)
  • Record webcam on button down option added
  • Added support for standalone ctrl, shift and alt hotkeys
  • Small GUI improvements

New in Action! 1.13.3.0 (Mar 23, 2013)

  • Video quality improved for real-time MP4 recording with Intel Quick Sync Video acceleration
  • High quality preset added for real-time MP4 recording with Intel Quick Sync Video acceleration (1080p@60fps recording)
  • Video quality improved for video recordings exporting to MP4 format
  • GUI improvements

New in Action! 1.13.2.0 (Feb 28, 2013)

  • IMPORTANT: All setups with Intel HD graphics cards require the latest Intel graphics drivers to be installed.
  • Fixed Action! HUD refresh and desktop recording for Windows 7 with Platform Update for Windows 7 installed (KB2670838)
  • Fixed periodic stutter during some games recording (folder junctions support removed)

New in Action! 1.13.1.0 (Feb 27, 2013)

  • NEW FEATURE: Mark video recording as a favorite (CTRL+F)
  • Fixed exporting of 2560x1440 video recordings (and other 16:9 resolutions larger than 1920x1080)
  • Stability fix for video exporting
  • Fixed allowing/disallowing of some hotkeys
  • Fixed free disk space information for folder junctions
  • Small GUI improvements

New in Action! 1.13.0.0 (Feb 8, 2013)

  • NEW FEATURE: Remote Control application for Android is now available!
  • NEW FEATURE: Add bookmark (hotkey: Ctrl+B)
  • NEW FEATURE: Cancel recording (hotkey: Ctrl+Del)
  • Fixed line-in audio recording
  • Buttons for easy export to YouTube and Facebook added

New in Action! 1.12.2.0 (Dec 28, 2012)

  • Fixed activation window for high DPI settings in Windows 8

New in Action! 1.12.1.0 (Nov 10, 2012)

  • Added AAC audio bitrate selection support (up to 512kbps)
  • Fixed MP4/M4A Quadrophonic (4.0) and 7.1 audio recording
  • Fixed AVI exporting with Quadrophonic (4.0) and 7.1 LPCM audio
  • Added support for extended mouse keys as hotkeys
  • Added Dutch and Brazilian Portuguese translations

New in Action! 1.12.0.0 (Oct 23, 2012)

  • NEW FEATURE: Desktop region presets added
  • Important improvements for direct video recording to MP4 format with Intel Quick Sync Video acceleration technology
  • Fixed M4A audio recordings playback on some mobile devices
  • Added '0' (zero) key to reset Action! window position to default setting
  • Fixed minimum disk space requirement for MP4 export
  • Added support for PrintScreen hotkey
  • Stability improvements

New in Action! 1.11.0.0 (Oct 6, 2012)

  • NEW FEATURE: Direct video recording to MP4 (H.264/AVC) format using Intel Quick Sync Video hardware acceleration technology (max FullHD 60p!)
  • NEW FEATURE: Direct video recording to MP4 (H.264/AVC) format using software encoding (max 480p)
  • Improved MP4 muxing performance
  • Maximum YouTube HD profile bitrate increased to 14Mbps
  • Added option to enable/disable file splitting when exporting to YouTube (with parts duration settings)
  • Added exclude list (possibility to block Action! from monitoring selected applications)
  • Read tutorial.
  • "Hide HUD on Action! startup" option added
  • Stability improvements

New in Action! 1.10.0.0 (Oct 5, 2012)

  • Important fix for recording Windows 8 Modern UI Style applications
  • Added option to record microphone into separate audio track (for video recordings)
  • Added settings to select microphone input audio device
  • Added settings to select system sound input audio device
  • Fixed audio recording at 192kHz sampling frequency
  • Small GUI improvements
  • Stability improvements

New in Action! 1.9.2.0 (Sep 1, 2012)

  • Fixed recording of games with FXAA mode installed. In example: Alan Wake, Battlefield 3, Skyrim
  • Fixed desktop region recording with region width set to 1280 and with video size set 720p (shifted video problem)
  • Fixed Flash player stability problem (Firefox browser) with Action! running
  • Fixed problem with Skype stability with Action! running
  • User Manuals updated
  • Small GUI improvements
  • Multi-language installer added

New in Action! 1.9.1.0 (Aug 21, 2012)

  • Improved performance of Windows 8 desktop and Windows 8 Modern UI Style applications recording
  • Important GUI improvements (fixed problem with cancel export popup window buttons)
  • Translations improvements

New in Action! 1.9.0.0 (Aug 18, 2012)

  • NEW FEATURE: Adding custom logo and other overlay graphics for video recordings
  • Windows Media Player (and other players using EVR) recording fixed
  • Windows multi-user improvements for desktop recording
  • Stability fixes (closing Action! application)
  • Small GUI improvements (tray mode improvements)

New in Action! 1.8.0.0 (Aug 10, 2012)

  • NEW FEATURE: Pause/resume for video recordings added
  • NEW FEATURE: Support for Logitech multimedia keyboards LCD displays (Logitech G13/G15/G19 etc.)
  • Changed default recordings folder on Windows 8 (fixes problems with desktop video recording)
  • Translations improvements
  • Stability fixes (closing Action! application)
  • Small GUI improvements

New in Action! 1.7.0.0 (Aug 1, 2012)

  • NEW FEATURE: Windows 8 desktop recording added! Enjoy the world's best Windows 8 screen recording performance!
  • Cursor recording fixed in some games and applications (i.e. Adobe Photoshop, League of Legends)
  • 30p and lower fps gameplay recording improvements
  • Capture screenshot improvements for multi-display setups
  • Stability fixes
  • Small GUI improvements

New in Action! 1.6.1.0 (Jul 21, 2012)

  • Very important improvements in audio/video synchronization in long recordings
  • Fixed cyclic video stuttering in recordings (happened in some situations)
  • Fixed frozen video in long recordings (HUD showing 00 fps)
  • Improved quality of Full HD 1080@60p desktop recordings
  • Increased maximum recording time to 24 hours
  • Disabled cursor recording in Perfect Video Match mode
  • Fixed mouse cursor recording in multidisplay mode (Windows 7)
  • Fixed playback of recordings with multichannel audio in Windows Media Player
  • Stability fixes

New in Action! 1.6.0.0 (Jul 13, 2012)

  • NEW FEATURE: Video recording in AVI 2.0 file format (with Mirillis FICV video compression)
  • NEW FEATURE: Editing of raw video recordings (in AVI format) is now possible in 3rd party software like:
  • Adobe After Effects
  • Adobe Premiere Pro
  • Camtasia Studio
  • Cyberlink Power Director
  • MAGIX Video Pro
  • Sony Vegas PRO
  • VirtualDub
  • Windows Live Movie Maker
  • Fixed problem with cut/corrupted exported MP4 videos (low disk space protection)
  • Improved raw FICV video quality in 3rd party software
  • Small GUI improvements

New in Action! 1.5.0.0 (Jun 26, 2012)

  • NEW FEATURE: FIC decoding support added for applications supporting DirectShow decoders
  • Thumbnails for FIC recordings added for Windows Explorer
  • Improved Action! application closing stability
  • Fixed problem with cut videos when exporting with audio disabled (Audio track set to "Disabled" in export settings)

New in Action! 1.4.0.0 (Jun 2, 2012)

  • NEW FEATURE:Mouse clicks visualizations added for desktop recordings
  • Capture screenshot button added to desktop region panel
  • Improvements for multidisplay setups

New in Action! 1.3.4.0 (May 29, 2012)

  • Mouse cursor synchronization improvements
  • Fix for numeric keyboard hotkeys
  • Small UI improvements

New in Action! 1.3.3.0 (May 28, 2012)

  • Mouse cursor synchronization improvement for desktop recordings
  • "Slow motion" audio problem in exported MP4 files fixed (experienced for recordings with 192kHz audio)
  • More keyboard buttons are available as Hotkeys
  • Video recording improvements for low framerate recordings
  • Not starting export (showing 0% progress) problem fixed
  • Small UI improvements

New in Action! 1.3.2.0 (May 12, 2012)

  • 1 channel microphone sound recording fixed
  • EA Syndicate - game recording fixed
  • The Adventures of Tintin - fixed game recording in windowed mode

New in Action! 1.3.1.0 (May 5, 2012)

  • Stability and user interface fixes
  • Japanese translations improvements
  • Japanese user manual added

New in Action! 1.3.0.0 (Jan 16, 2012)

  • World of Warcraft recording with DirectX 11 fixed
  • World of Tanks recording fixed
  • Free disk space information added
  • Recordings total size information added
  • Recording in progress information added
  • "Del" key added for deleting selected recordings
  • Right mouse button menu added for recorded items
  • Action! window restore improvements
  • Action! startup time improvement with VMWare running.

New in Action! 1.2.0.0 (Dec 7, 2011)

  • Video quality improvements for 1366x768 full-screen video recordings
  • PNG & JPG screenshots added for "Games & applications" recording mode

New in Action! 1.1.0 (Dec 7, 2011)

  • MP4 Audio output added for audio recording
  • Added option to disable/enable individual Action! hotkeys
  • New hotkey ("S") to switch "Snap to windows" On/Off in desktop region recording mode
  • Action! GUI improvements
  • Action! player stability improvements

New in Action! 1.0.1 (Dec 7, 2011)

  • IMPORTANT stability fixes regarding video recording when disk space is running low
  • High DPI support added (150DPI+)
  • Action! GUI improvements
  • Action! player stability improvements