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Mirillis Action allows real-time recording/capture of Windows Aero desktop in a superb HD video quality. With Action! you can record web player videos, your gameplay, display game framerates, add live audio commentary to create high quality tutorials, record music, capture screenshots... and more!
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Download Mirillis Action! 4.44.0 108MB Win
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04/01/2025
Action! 4.44.0 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.44.0?
Added new capture mode (Variable Refresh Rate) which allows intelligent video capture thats is synchronized with display's v-sync, minimizing recorded file size and lowering power consumption and CPU/GPU use (please note that in this mode the video framerate is the maximum framerate at which the video will be captured - from 1fps to the value selected)
Fixed 4:4:4 DirectX 9 (and older DirectX) recording (please note that DirectX 9 is recorded in 4:2:2 format and stored in 4:4:4)
Fixed problems with region recording/streaming in multi-display setups
Movement of selected region is now possible during recording/streaming
Added "Show welcome screen" option that allows omitting Action! welcome screen (Settings->General last option on the list)
Added support for video capture from any video streaming service using Google Chrome browser (enter Action! Game Mode and start video using Chrome browser)
Stability improvements
Action! 4.44.0 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.44.0?
Added new capture mode (Variable Refresh Rate) which allows intelligent video capture thats is synchronized with display's v-sync, minimizing recorded file size and lowering power consumption and CPU/GPU use (please note that in this mode the video framerate is the maximum framerate at which the video will be captured - from 1fps to the value selected)
Fixed 4:4:4 DirectX 9 (and older DirectX) recording (please note that DirectX 9 is recorded in 4:2:2 format and stored in 4:4:4)
Fixed problems with region recording/streaming in multi-display setups
Movement of selected region is now possible during recording/streaming
Added "Show welcome screen" option that allows omitting Action! welcome screen (Settings->General last option on the list)
Added support for video capture from any video streaming service using Google Chrome browser (enter Action! Game Mode and start video using Chrome browser)
Stability improvements
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Record your gameplay in HD. Benchmark games performance.
Action! outstanding performance and GPU utilization allows the smoothest real-time HD gameplay video recording ever! Display current and average game framerate (FPS) during gameplay and save your benchmark results.
Smooth Windows Aero HD desktop recording, easy tutorial creation!
Action! defines a new standard of performance
and user experience for real-time desktop
recording software. Record smooth high framerate
HD videos of your dekstop and applications activity,
add microphone audio commentary and create great tutorials with ease!
Real-time web videos recording. Record what you see.
Record videos from websites and other applications in real-time. Action! allows to record videos from defined display region, selected application window or in fullscreen mode. With Action! you can record videos from ANY web player, no matter which video service you are using!
Export your recordings to popular formats and devices!
Select one of many predefined profiles and push
a button to export your recordings to popular formats, favorite multimedia devices, Facebook or You Tube™. Save energy and time using optimized and hardware accelerated video exporting with NVIDIA® CUDA™
or Intel® Quick Sync Video technologies.
Upload to You Tube™ or Facebook
Export and upload your recordings to popular services and social networks like You Tube™ and Facebook. Action! provides predefined exporting profiles for You Tube™ and Facebook, just push a button to export and automatically upload your recordings
to your favorite service fast and easy.
Capture screenshots
With Action! you can capture multiple screenshots of your games or desktop. Just press a hotkey and screenshot will be saved directly to a file on your hard disk without interrupting your work or gameplay.
Record live audio commentary
Action! allows to record additional live audio commentary during gameplay or dekstop recording making easy creation of tutorials and game walk-through videos. Microphone settings provide full control of microphone input volume and mixing level with system sounds.
Action! outstanding performance and GPU utilization allows the smoothest real-time HD gameplay video recording ever! Display current and average game framerate (FPS) during gameplay and save your benchmark results.
Smooth Windows Aero HD desktop recording, easy tutorial creation!
Action! defines a new standard of performance
and user experience for real-time desktop
recording software. Record smooth high framerate
HD videos of your dekstop and applications activity,
add microphone audio commentary and create great tutorials with ease!
Real-time web videos recording. Record what you see.
Record videos from websites and other applications in real-time. Action! allows to record videos from defined display region, selected application window or in fullscreen mode. With Action! you can record videos from ANY web player, no matter which video service you are using!
Export your recordings to popular formats and devices!
Select one of many predefined profiles and push
a button to export your recordings to popular formats, favorite multimedia devices, Facebook or You Tube™. Save energy and time using optimized and hardware accelerated video exporting with NVIDIA® CUDA™
or Intel® Quick Sync Video technologies.
Upload to You Tube™ or Facebook
Export and upload your recordings to popular services and social networks like You Tube™ and Facebook. Action! provides predefined exporting profiles for You Tube™ and Facebook, just push a button to export and automatically upload your recordings
to your favorite service fast and easy.
Capture screenshots
With Action! you can capture multiple screenshots of your games or desktop. Just press a hotkey and screenshot will be saved directly to a file on your hard disk without interrupting your work or gameplay.
Record live audio commentary
Action! allows to record additional live audio commentary during gameplay or dekstop recording making easy creation of tutorials and game walk-through videos. Microphone settings provide full control of microphone input volume and mixing level with system sounds.
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