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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
29/10/2024
Action! 4.43.1 with further improvements for Windows 11 24H2 update is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.43.1?
Further improvements for Windows 24H2 update
Fixed Photoshop recording problem when very large brush size is selected
Improved support for recording audio from selected game/application when spatial audio is enabled (like Windows Sonic for Headphones)
23/10/2024
Action! 4.43.0 with critical fixes for Windows 11 24H2 update is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.43.0?
Fixed HUD in desktop mode (fix for Windows 11 24H2 update)
Fixed automatic HDR detection for games (fix for Windows 11 24H2 update)
Fixed audio recording from selected application (fix for Windows 11 24H2 update)
Fixed drawing panel (fix for Windows 11 24H2 update)
Improved HUD refresh in desktop mode
Fixed capturing Windows Store games (in Game Mode) when WindowsApps folder is root (C:\) folder
09/10/2024
Action! 4.42.0 with fixed Facebook LIVE streaming support is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.42.0?
Fixed Facebook LIVE streaming support in custom mode (using URL and Streamkey)
Fixed Facebook LIVE streaming using Account Manager (direct streaming to Facebook wall)
Improved preview performance for Intel GPUs
Improved support for Windows Store games and applications (UWP)
19/09/2024
Action! 4.41.1 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.41.1?
Stability and performance improvements in Window/Selected Application recording mode
Performance improvements when running Action! in non-administrator mode
Changes in multiple screenshot capture (time interval)
05/09/2024
Action! 4.41.0 with Time-Shift for Window and Device mode is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.41.0?
Added Time-Shift (loop buffer) support for selected window mode
Addec Time-Shift (loop buffer) support for device capture mode
Added support for middle mouse button as hotkey
Added screenshot shutter sound option
Added automatic screenshots sequence with time interval
Fixed problems in Window recording mode (window picker)
14/08/2024
Action! 4.40.0 with pixel perfect HEVC 4:4:4 recording is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.40.0?
Added pixel perfect recording in HEVC 4:4:4 video format (for latest Intel and Nvidia GPUs)
Fixed GPU memory leaks
Added camera shutter sound after screenshot capture
Changed recording date formatting (sort friendly)
Window picker improvements
Improvements for HDR capture devices (tone-mapping detection etc.)
Performance and stability improvements
07/02/2024
Action! 4.39.1 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.39.1?
Fixed Action! not connecting to games installed in specific folders
Fixed Action! not working with DXVK in Direct3D 9 mode
Stability fixes
01/02/2024
Action! 4.39.0 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.39.0?
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
12/12/2023
Action! 4.38.2 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.38.2?
Fixed long Action! startup time
31/10/2023
Action! 4.38.1 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.38.1?
- HOTFIX for bug in newest Nvidia GPU drivers (fixes problems with 1440p video encoding)
- Added support for Action! RCU 2.0. Digitally signed beta APK for android can be downloaded here: https://downloads.mirillis.com/files/actionrcu2-release-beta.apk
05/10/2023
Action! 4.38.0 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.38.0?
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
11/09/2023
Action! 4.37.1 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.37.1?
HOTFIX: Fixed recording/streaming randomly stopping by new hotkeys added in version 4.37.0
8/09/2023
Action! 4.37.0 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.37.0?
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...)
17/08/2023
Action! 4.36.0 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.36.0?
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 :)
07/07/2023
Action! 4.35.0 with AI-powered auto webcam (face) centering is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.35.0?
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)
02/07/2023
Action! 4.34.0 with webcam alpha mask and edge blur is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.34.0?
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
27/06/2023
Action! 4.33.1 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.33.1?
MPEG-2 TS format improvements
Added Time-Shift capture in MPEG-2 TS format (*.mts)
Reduced minimal capture region width
Stability improvements
25/06/2023
Action! 4.33.0 with MPEG-2 Transport Stream recording support is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.33.0?
HOTFIX: YouTube upload problems (privacy and category selection)
Added MPEG-2 Transport Stream muxing for recordings (excluding Time-Shift captures)
17/06/2023
Action! 4.32.0 with Enhanced RTMP support is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.32.0?
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
15/03/2023
Action! 4.31.1 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.31.1?
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
18/01/2023
Action! 4.31.0 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.31.0?
Fixed problems with CAPCOM RE Engine
Improvements for systems with more than one GPU
Stability fixes
12/01/2023
Action! 4.30.5 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.30.5?
Improved HUD display time after Action startup
Fixed Action not showing HUD in Screen Mode when run without administrator rights (in full screen games)
10/01/2023
Action! 4.30.4 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.30.4?
HOTFIX for selected region recording/streaming
09/01/2023
Action! 4.30.3 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.30.3?
Important fix for Alt-Tab problems in some rare cases (ie. Apex Legends)
05/12/2022
Action! 4.30.2 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.30.2?
Important fix for Vulkan API
25/11/2022
Action! 4.30.1 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.30.1?
Fixed spatial audio recording from selected application (like Forza Horizon 5, Resident Evil Village etc.)
Stability fixes
18/10/2022
Action! 4.30.0 with important fixes for Windows 10/11 22H2 update is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.30.0?
Fixed HDR detection (Windows 10/11 22H2 update)
Fixed selected window capture (Windows 10/11 22H2 update)
Stability fixes
12/09/2022
Action! 4.29.4 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.29.4?
Fixed Ricochet anti-cheat compatibility problem (CoD: Warzone)
Fixed zero-width space problem with specific window titles used for file name creation
Stability fixes
25/08/2022
Action! 4.29.3 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.29.3?
Fixed cursor scaling when video is not captured in original resolution (MP4)
Fixed problems with latest Nvidia drivers
Stability fixes
21/06/2022
Action! 4.29.2 with important fix for multi GPU systems is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.29.2?
Important fix for systems with multi GPU setups (Intel + Nvidia)
Fixed mouse cursor recording on high DPI displays
26/05/2022
Action! 4.29.0 with improved high DPI display support is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.29.0?
Integration with CEF engine v95
Added support for high DPI displays (200% and 300% automatic interface scaling)
Added support for virtual/software emulated GPUs
15/05/2022
Action! 4.28.0 with critical YouTube API fix is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.28.0?
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
15/04/2022
Action! 4.27.1 with improvements for Intel DG1/DG2 GPUs is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.27.1?
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
18/03/2022
Action! 4.27.0 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.27.0?
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)
02/03/2022
Action! 4.26.0 with Twitch Helix API integration is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.26.0?
Integration with new Twitch Helix API
Improved audio synchronization (when recording additional audio track to a separate file)
Stability improvements
12/02/2022
Action! 4.25.0 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.25.0?
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
22/01/2022
Action! 4.24.3 with DirectX 3 - DirectX 7 support is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.24.3?
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
10/01/2022
Action! 4.24.2 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.24.2?
Fixed crash upon entering Hotkey Settings with more than 16 HID devices available in the system
07/01/2022
Action! 4.24.1 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.24.1?
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)
10/12/2021
Action! 4.24.0 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.24.0?
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
10/11/2021
Action! 4.23.0 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.23.0?
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
12/10/2021
Action! 4.22.0 with acoustic echo canceller is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.22.0?
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
21/09/2021
Action! 4.21.5 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.21.5?
Fixed mouse cursor not being captured properly in some rare situations
10/09/2021
Action! 4.21.4 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.21.4?
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 fo latest Windows 11 insider build (22449.1000)
30/08/2021
Action! 4.21.3 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.21.3?
Fixed automatic recovery of corrupted MP4 recordings
27/08/2021
Action! 4.21.2 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.21.2?
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)
20/08/2021
Action! 4.21.1 with important HDMI device streaming fix is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.21.1?
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)
17/08/2021
Action! 4.21.0 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.21.0?
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
03/08/2021
Action! 4.20.3 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.20.3?
Fixed memory leak in OriSound module (capturing audio from selected application/game)
Improved FPS counter precision
20/07/2021
Action! 4.20.2 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.20.2?
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
07/07/2021
Action! 4.20.1 with important improvements is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.20.1?
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
29/06/2021
Action! 4.20.0 with Windows 11 support is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.20.0?
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)
28/06/2021
Action! 4.19.1 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.19.1?
HOTFIX: YouTube live streaming audio problem has been fixed
25/06/2021
Action! 4.19.0 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.19.0?
Improved audio recording from selected applications and games
Vulkan API support improvements (updated to version 1.2). Fixes issues with non-compatible titles.
Improved recording file naming
07/05/2021
Action! 4.18.1 with OriSound function improvements is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.18.1?
To allow easier use of OriSound function (recording original audio directly from games and applications) a new Auto mode has been added. In this mode (with Game Mode and Selected Application as primary audio device) Action! will automatically switch audio source to selected/active game.
Fixed AVerMedia GC573 4K HDR capture card sound support
Added volume meter for primary and secondary (microphone) devices displayed on UI
Added live sound playback (via PC speakers/headphones) of audio from capturing devices
Fixed OriSound function not working properly with suspended UWP processes
30/04/2021
Action! 4.18.0 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.18.0?
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
27/04/2021
Action! 4.17.1 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.17.1?
HOTFIX: Fixed mono microphone recording
26/04/2021
Action! 4.17.0 with OriSound function (record audio only from selected application) is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.17.0?
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.
HOW TO USE ORISOUND:
1. Use "Selected application" from audio device list (either primary, secondary or aux device).
2. A window will appear showing currently detected sound sources in the system
(from system audio mixer)
3. If the application you want record sound from is not running or is not visible on the list you
can use the '+' button to select its exe file (you need to manually find its location first)
NOTES: This feature might not work for anti-cheat protected games and some games with
spatial audio like Dolby Atmos. This will be improved soon in version 4.18.0.
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
19/03/2021
Action! 4.16.1 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.16.1?
Important fixes for multi-GPU mobile devices
Fixed video scaling problems in some situations
Improved AMD Freesync and Nvidia G-Sync technology support
04/03/2021
Action! 4.16.0 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.16.0?
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
29/01/2021
Action! 4.15.1 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.15.1?
HOTFIX: Fixed HDR detection for old HDR games
HOTFIX: Fixed random Action! closing on Windows 10 Insider builds
27/01/2021
Action! 4.15.0 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.15.0?
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
23/12/2020
Action! 4.14.1 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.14.1?
Fixed virtual display scaling support for Windows 20H2 version
Fixed HDR10 support detection for AMD GPUs with newest drivers installed
Stability fixes
11/12/2020
Action! 4.14.0 with official support for YouTube HDR live streaming is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.14.0?
NEW: Official support for YouTube HDR live streaming
Fixed support for old GPUs with no DirectX 11 level 11.0 support
Stability fixes
19/11/2020
Action! 4.13.1 with HDR10+ improvements is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.13.1?
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
10/11/2020
Action! 4.13.0 with HDR10+ recording is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.13.0?
Added HDR10+ real time meta data injection into captured HDR video streams
Added software Motion JPEG webcam decoding
Fixed desktop recording when display scaling or high DPI are enabled on Windows 10 version 20H2
Performance optimizations for GPUs not supporting DirectX 11.1
Fixed DirectX 8 scaling (for old games)
Improved support for 4K HDR hardware capture cards
Added support for Intel DG1 GPU (Intel multi GPU support)
Fixed streaming to Facebook wall (using Account Manager)
16/10/2020
Action! 4.12.2 with HDR Time-Shift is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.12.2?
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
10/10/2020
Action! 4.12.1 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.12.1?
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
05/10/2020
Action! 4.12.0 with YouTube HLS streaming is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.12.0?
Added webcam and graphics overlays Z-order and horizontal and vertical flipping (right click on overlay to show context menu with options)
Fixed MP4 support in DaVinci Resolve
Added dynamic broadcast creation using YouTube API (old version will no longer work)
Fixed direct HDR videos uploading to YouTube (created using AMD GPU hardware acceleration)
Added HLS streaming to YouTube!
Added HDR to SDR tone-mapping exposure control (function available in hardware acceleration settings popup)
Added SDR to HDR overlay brightness control (function available in hardware acceleration settings popup)
Stability improvements
09/09/2020
Action! 4.11.0 with new Window recording mode is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.11.0?
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
There is one more version (4.12.0) coming this month that will include:
Moving graphics overlays below or above other overlays (Z order)
Horizontal/vertical flipping of graphics overlays
Adding more audio tracks in a single MP4 file will be possible
Audio equalizer showing current volume of different audio tracks before recording/streaming starts
Nvidia constant QP mode (for advanced users)
Exposure setting for HDR to SDR conversion
Capturing popup windows in Window capture mode
Time-Shift for Screen mode
18/08/2020
Action! 4.10.5 with important fixes is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.10.5?
Fixed YouTube login after latest Google API changes
Fixed problems with some Nvidia mobile GPUs (920M etc.)
Stability improvements
06/08/2020
Action! 4.10.4 with important fixes is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.10.4?
Added crash dump report uploading to cloud (upon user acceptance)
Stability improvements
28/07/2020
Action! 4.10.3 with important fixes is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.10.3?
Fixed overlay graphics opening
Added automatic Windows Error Reporting to improve support/bug fixing speed
Where to find and how to send crash dump report file?
To allow faster problem solving/bugfixing if you encounter an Action! crash please look into the crash folder that is created in Action!'s installation folder. There will be two files there named crashdump.dmp and a log file with your system specification (devices installed etc.) Please kindly send us these files if a crash occures and we will investigate them and provide a solution in the shortest possible time.
08/07/2020
Action! 4.10.2 with important fixes is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.10.2?
Fixed web overlay sounds playback
Fixed compatibility with specific applications and games
Added automatic logs that help in solving problems
03/07/2020
Action! 4.10.1 with important fixes is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.10.1?
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
25/06/2020
Action! 4.10.0 with 8K recording and multiple displays in one video is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.10.0?
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
28/05/2020
Action! 4.9.0 with improved 240fps recording is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.9.0?
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
19/05/2020
Action! 4.8.1 with 240fps recording is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.8.1?
Important fix for hardware capturing devices support
18/05/2020
Action! 4.8.0 with 240fps recording is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.8.0?
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
08/05/2020
Action! 4.7.0 with World's first JPEG XL screenshot capturing in HDR10 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.7.0?
NEW FEATURE: JPEG XL screenshot capturing in true HDR10 is now possible!
Microphone volume boost to 200% level is now possible
HUD is now rendered in true HDR for HDR desktop and HDR games using 64 bits per pixel color
Fixed Alt+Tab crashing in some DirectX 10/11 games and applications
Improved ST.2084/BT.2020 HDR10 video signaling
Fixed randomly corrupted (green) recordings using hardware accelerated HEVC encoding on Nvidia GPUs
Fixed maximum allowed AMD AMF (VCE 1.0 to 4.1) video encoder resolution
24/04/2020
Action! 4.6.0 with improved HDR10 recording is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.6.0?
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
09/04/2020
Action! 4.5.0 with improved HDR10 recording is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.5.0?
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
27/03/2020
Action! 4.4.0 with improved HDR10 recording is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.4.0?
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
21/03/2020
Action! 4.3.1 with improved HDR10 recording is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.3.1?
HOTFIX: Fixed problems with GPUs not fully supporting DirectX 11.1 features
Fixed region recording using Intel GPUs
18/03/2020
Action! 4.3.0 with improved HDR10 recording is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.3.0?
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
11/03/2020
Action! 4.2.0 with improved HDR10 recording is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.2.0?
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)
10/02/2020
Action! 4.1.2 with HDR10 recording is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.1.2?
Fixed HDR10 glitch during video start after uploading to YouTube
Improved HDR video source detection
07/02/2020
Action! 4.1.1 with HDR10 recording is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.1.1?
HOTFIX: Important fix for DirectX 9 and 10
06/02/2020
Action! 4.1.0 with HDR10 recording is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.1.0?
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
16/01/2020
Action! 4.0.4 with HDR10 recording is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.0.4?
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)
24/12/2019
Action! 4.0.3 with HDR10 recording is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.0.3?
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)
15/10/2019
Action! 3.10.2 is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.10.2?
Fixed OpenGL upside down recording on AMD GPUs
OpenGL recording improvements
30/09/2019
Action! 3.10.1 is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.10.1?
Fixed support for AMD RX 5700 and newer GPUs
10/09/2019
Action! 3.10.0 with Mixer integration is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.10.0?
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
28/06/2019
Action! 3.9.6 is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.9.6?
Added support for ARGB32 webcam drivers (with software removed background)
24/05/2019
Action! 3.9.5 with Rage 2 support is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.9.5?
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)
21/05/2019
Action! 3.9.4 is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.9.4?
Fixed long Action! closing when suspended UWP processes/games are running in the background
GUI improvements
30/04/2019
Action! 3.9.3 with RTMPS secure streaming is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.9.3?
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
23/04/2019
Action! 3.9.2 is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.9.2?
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!)
14/03/2019
Action! 3.9.1 is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.9.1?
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
25/01/2019
Action! 3.9.0 with Time-Shift in RAM is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.9.0?
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
13/12/2018
Action! 3.8.0 with full support for recording/streaming Microsoft Store/UWP apps is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.8.0?
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
06/12/2018
Action! 3.7.2 is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.7.2?
Fixed compatibility with Activision products (COD WW2, Black Ops and other new titles)
Stability improvements
29/11/2018
Action! 3.7.1 with custom MP4 bitrate setup is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.7.1?
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)
21/11/2018
Action! 3.7.0 with MP4 recovery and microphone noise reduction is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.7.0?
NEW FEATURE: 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)
NEW FEATURE: Advanced microphone noise suppression has been added (configuration in microphone settings)
NEW FEATURE: 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
08/11/2018
Action! 3.6.1 is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.6.1?
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)
06/11/2018
Action! 3.6.0 is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.6.0?
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
23/10/2018
Action! 3.5.5 is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.5.5?
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
12/10/2018
Action! 3.5.4 is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.5.4?
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)
09/10/2018
Action! 3.5.3 is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.5.3?
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
04/10/2018
Action! 3.5.2 is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.5.2?
IMPORTANT live streaming stability and video quality improvements for Intel/Nvidia/AMD GPUs
03/10/2018
Action! 3.5.1 is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.5.1?
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
29/09/2018
Action! 3.5.0 is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.5.0?
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
07/09/2018
Action! 3.4.0 is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.4.0?
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
23/08/2018
Action! 3.3.0 is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.3.0?
Added advanced Time-Shift settings (maximum swap-file size and location - this allows to offload SSD disk from continuous storage of time-shifted video data)
Time-Shift saving is now done in background (not blocking)
Added recording webcam to a separate AVI video file (for video editing purposes). Available via Webcam Settings (Capture Mode)
Added Nvidia GPU selection that will be used to perform hardware acceleration (available via Hardware Acceleration Settings in main screen)
Fixed webcam/microphone showing/recording on button down (in the On/Off mode)
Added automatic stretching of 1440x1080 video content to 1920x1080 (to remove black vertical bars)
Fixed Vulkan error message on some systems
Fixed free disk space calculation
03/08/2018
Action! 3.2.0 is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.2.0?
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
20/06/2018
Action! 3.1.6 is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.1.6?
Added browser source cropping
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
02/06/2018
Action! 3.1.5 is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.1.5?
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
23/05/2018
Action! 3.1.4 is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.1.4?
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.)
15/05/2018
Action! 3.1.3 is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.1.3?
Performance improvements in device recording mode with recording preview enabled
Stability fixes
08/05/2018
Action! 3.1.2 is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.1.2?
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
26/04/2018
Action! 3.1.1 is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.1.1?
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
20/04/2018
Action! 3.1.0 is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.1.0?
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
30/03/2018
Action! 3.0.0 is now available.
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
...so many more that there is not enough space here to write them down :)
21/12/2017
Action! 2.8.2
Fixed compatibility between Edge browser and Action!
Improved latest Nvidia drivers interoperability with Action!
Stability improvements
23/10/2017
Action! 2.8.1
Important fix for Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 desktop/screen recording
09/10/2017
Action! 2.8.0
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
29/09/2017
Action! 2.7.4
Fixed fullscreen desktop recording after recording downscaled desktop region
Added scrollable hotkeys settings
22/09/2017
Action! 2.7.3
NEW FEATURE: Microphone volume indicator on HUD (during recording)
Improved Hauppauge device detection
17/09/2017
Action! 2.7.2
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
12/09/2017
Action! 2.7.1
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)
08/09/2017
Action! 2.7.0
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
18/08/2017
Action! 2.6.2
Fixed desktop detection after returning from standby/suspend state
Fixed desktop detection after returning from login state
03/08/2017
Action! 2.6.1
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
26/07/2017
Action! 2.6.0
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
28/06/2017
Action! 2.5.5
Application stability improvements
24/06/2017
Action! 2.5.4
Application stability fixed when running Action! in offline mode
23/06/2017
Action! 2.5.3
4K live streaming - added possibility to live stream videos up to 4K resolution using Original video size option
Stability improvements
31/05/2017
Action! 2.5.2
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
18/05/2017
Action! 2.5.1
Added support for Smashcast LIVE Streaming service
Important improvements for video recording with AMD APP acceleration
GUI improvements
Stability improvements
16/05/2017
Action! 2.5.0
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
21/04/2017
Action! 2.4.1
Improvements for Windows 10 Creators Update running on systems with Nvidia GPU
Fixed Action! stability in device recording mode when device is disconnected
20/04/2017
Action! 2.4.0
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
14/03/2017 Action! 2.3.0
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
15/02/2017 Action! 2.2.1
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
10/02/2017 Action! 2.2.0
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
17/01/2017 Action! 2.1.0
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
02/12/2016 Action! 2.0.7
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
01/12/2016 Action! 2.0.6
Application stability improvements
Application installer improvements
23/11/2016 Action! 2.0.5
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)
18/11/2016 Action! 2.0.4
Fixed Battlefield 1 DirectX 12 gameplay recording
Updated Twitch servers list
Application installer improvements
16/11/2016 Action! 2.0.2
Application stability improvements
Application installer improvements
10/11/2016 Action! 2.0.1
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
04/11/2016 Action! 2.0.0
NEW FEATURE: Chroma Key option added for webcams recording and LIVE streaming
NEW FEATURE: LIVE Streaming to Facebook
NEW FEATURE: Selected application recording mode added to record video from selected application only
NEW FEATURE: Option to show free disk space on Action! HUD
NEW FEATURE: "Do not record HUD during desktop recording" option added
NEW FEATURE: Microphone off delay added for microphone recording on button down
New, modern user interface with redesigned settings categories
Improved webcam preview
Refreshed Export window with new, redesigned output profiles
Fixed video uploading to Facebook
Assigned a separate hotkey for Live streaming
Fixed mouse problem experienced during RUST game recording
Windows Logon screen and UAC screens recording performance improvements for Windows 8.1 or newer on Admin user
Fixed fullscreen and region Windows desktop recording with upscalling (on Windows 7 without Aero and on 8.1/10 on onon-admin user)
Fixed YouTube fullscreen video recording on Windows 10 with AMD graphics cards
Webcam recording stability improvements
Stability improvements
User interface improvements
Action! installer improvements
REMOVED FEATURES
Perfect Video Match mode has been removed
Remote Action! functionality has been removed. Remote PC access and gaming is now available as a separate product - Monflo. Download Monflo for free at: www.monflo.com
HOW TO UPGRADE TO VERSION 2.0?
Simply download the latest Action! 2.x.x installer and install it on your PC! To activate Action! 2.0 use your current serial number (activation key) from version 1.x.x.
19/08/2016 Action! 1.31.5
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
04/08/2016 Action! 1.31.4
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)
16/05/2016 Action! 1.31.3
Fixed Action! HUD visibility for DOOM game.
14/05/2016 Action! 1.31.2
Stability fix for closing webcam preview window
10/05/2016 Action! 1.31.1
Fixed application start on computers with NVIDIA graphics cards.
09/05/2016 Action! 1.31.0
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
03/04/2016 Action! 1.30.3
Fixed video recording start problem with Time-shift option enabled
02/04/2016 Action! 1.30.2
LIVE Streaming stability fixes
Auto reconnect improvements for LIVE Streaming
30/03/2016 Action! 1.30.1
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
27/01/2016 Action! 1.30.0
Remote Action! improvements
Fixed exporting to YouTube using normal (non-admin) Windows user account
Stability improvements
21/10/2015 Action! 1.29.0
IMPORTANT: Remote Action! service is now free for all users
Fixed video recording on Normal (non-Admin) user account
Stability improvements
17/10/2015 Action! 1.28.0
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
09/10/2015 Action! 1.27.2
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)
05/10/2015 Action! 1.27.1
Webcam Capture resolution option added
Added options to set horizontal and vertical webcam position
Stability improvements
28/09/2015 Action! 1.27.0
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
24/08/2015 Action! 1.26.1
Fixed LIVE Streaming with NVIDIA NVENC acceleration on Windows 10
Fixed NVENC support detection for Maxwell architecture
19/08/2015 Action! 1.26.0
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
31/07/2015 Action! 1.25.6
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
17/07/2015 Action! 1.25.5
Fixed problems for systems with AMD graphics cards without AMD APP/VCE support and with latest Catalyst 15.7 drivers installed
13/07/2015 Action! 1.25.4
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
03/06/2015 Action! 1.25.3
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
30/05/2015 Action! 1.25.2
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).
21/05/2015 Action! 1.25.1
Fixed Critical error 106" problem on Action! start with Windows User Account Control (UAC) disabled
20/05/2015 Action! 1.25.0
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
01/04/2015 Action! 1.24.3
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
23/03/2015 Action! 1.24.2
Fixed BattlEye protected games recording like Arma, Dayz etc.
Improved connection with specific games and applications
12/03/2015 Action! 1.24.1
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
25/02/2015 Action! 1.23.0
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
13/02/2015 Action! 1.22.1
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
07/02/2015 Action! 1.22.0
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.)
21/01/2015 Action! 1.21.0
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
26/11/2014 Action! 1.20.2
Windows logon screen recording improvements
Improvements for Remote Action! functionality
Stability improvements
18/11/2014 Action! 1.20.1
Improved NVIDIA NVENC video encoding quality
Improved Remote Action! video quality on LTE/Wifi 2.4Ghz
Improved Remote Action! connection process
13/11/2014 Action! 1.20.0
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
25/03/2014 Action! 1.19.2
Performance improvements
Stability fixes
25/03/2014 Action! 1.19.1
Fixed Logitech G13/G15/G19 support
Important stability fixes
19/03/2014 Action! 1.19.0
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
03/03/2014 Action! 1.18.0
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
15/02/2014 Action! 1.17.4
Custom Action! open folder and open file dialog windows added.
Stability fixes
04/02/2014 Action! 1.17.3
Fixed support for systems with AMD GPUs and non-vendor certified drivers
Stability fixes
03/02/2014 Action! 1.17.2
Fixed Windows 8.1 Modern UI apps recording
Fixed HUD recording timer
Improved DirectX 10/11 games detection
Stability fixes
23/01/2013 Action! 1.17.1
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
24/09/2013 Action! 1.16.3
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
19/09/2013 Action! 1.16.2
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
12/09/2013 Action! 1.16.1
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
23/08/2013 Action! 1.16.0
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
10/08/2013 Action! 1.15.2
Action! LIVE Streaming audio video synchronization improvements
Action! LIVE Streaming bitrate improvements
Fixed importing of LIVE Streaming recordings in Sony Vegas
02/08/2013 Action! 1.15.1
Added option to record microphone into separate audio track for MP4 video recordings
Video quality improvements
Stability fixes
30/07/2013 Action! 1.15.0
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.
03/07/2013 Action! 1.14.3
Fixed desktop recording on the new Windows 8.1 Preview
29/05/2013 Action! 1.14.2
Fixed corrupted decoding of video recordings including specific mouse cursors (i.e. Photoshop CS6 recordings)
15/05/2013 Action! 1.14.1
Stability and performance improvements for webcam recording
FICV system decoder improvements
08/04/2013 Action! 1.14.0
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
22/03/2013 Action! 1.13.3
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
27/02/2012 Action! 1.13.2
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)
26/02/2012 Action! 1.13.1
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
07/02/2012 Action! 1.13.0
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
28/12/2012 Action! 1.12.2
Fixed activation window for high DPI settings in Windows 8
09/11/2012 Action! 1.12.1
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
22/10/2012 Action! 1.12.0
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
05/10/2012 Action! 1.11.0
NEW FEATURE: Direct video recording to MP4 (H.264/AVC) format using IntelŪ 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
09/09/2012 Action! 1.10.0
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
01/09/2012 Action! 1.9.2
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
20/08/2012 Action! 1.9.1
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
17/08/2012 Action! 1.9.0
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)
10/08/2012 Action! 1.8.0
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
31/07/2012 Action! 1.7.0
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
20/07/2012 Action! 1.6.1
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
12/07/2012 Action! 1.6.0
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
25/06/2012 Action! 1.5.0
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)
01/06/2012 Action! 1.4.0
NEW FEATURE:Mouse clicks visualizations added for desktop recordings
Capture screenshot button added to desktop region panel
Improvements for multidisplay setups
29/05/2012 Action! 1.3.4
Mouse cursor synchronization improvements
Fix for numeric keyboard hotkeys
Small UI improvements
26/05/2012 Action! 1.3.3
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
11/05/2012 Action! 1.3.2
1 channel microphone sound recording fixed
EA Syndicate - game recording fixed
The Adventures of Tintin - fixed game recording in windowed mode
04/05/2012 Action! 1.3.1
Stability and user interface fixes
Japanese translations improvements
Japanese user manual added
11/01/2012 Action! 1.3.0
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.
Download Action! 1.3.0 (18MB)
26/11/2011 Action! 1.2.0
Video quality improvements for 1366x768 full-screen video recordings
PNG & JPG screenshots added for "Games & applications" recording mode
Download Action! 1.2.0 (18MB)
18/11/2011 Action! 1.1.0
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
16/11/2011 Action! 1.0.1
IMPORTANT stability fixes regarding video recording when disk space is running low
High DPI support added (150DPI+)
Action! GUI improvements
Action! player 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
29/10/2024
Action! 4.43.1 with further improvements for Windows 11 24H2 update is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.43.1?
Further improvements for Windows 24H2 update
Fixed Photoshop recording problem when very large brush size is selected
Improved support for recording audio from selected game/application when spatial audio is enabled (like Windows Sonic for Headphones)
23/10/2024
Action! 4.43.0 with critical fixes for Windows 11 24H2 update is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.43.0?
Fixed HUD in desktop mode (fix for Windows 11 24H2 update)
Fixed automatic HDR detection for games (fix for Windows 11 24H2 update)
Fixed audio recording from selected application (fix for Windows 11 24H2 update)
Fixed drawing panel (fix for Windows 11 24H2 update)
Improved HUD refresh in desktop mode
Fixed capturing Windows Store games (in Game Mode) when WindowsApps folder is root (C:\) folder
09/10/2024
Action! 4.42.0 with fixed Facebook LIVE streaming support is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.42.0?
Fixed Facebook LIVE streaming support in custom mode (using URL and Streamkey)
Fixed Facebook LIVE streaming using Account Manager (direct streaming to Facebook wall)
Improved preview performance for Intel GPUs
Improved support for Windows Store games and applications (UWP)
19/09/2024
Action! 4.41.1 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.41.1?
Stability and performance improvements in Window/Selected Application recording mode
Performance improvements when running Action! in non-administrator mode
Changes in multiple screenshot capture (time interval)
05/09/2024
Action! 4.41.0 with Time-Shift for Window and Device mode is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.41.0?
Added Time-Shift (loop buffer) support for selected window mode
Addec Time-Shift (loop buffer) support for device capture mode
Added support for middle mouse button as hotkey
Added screenshot shutter sound option
Added automatic screenshots sequence with time interval
Fixed problems in Window recording mode (window picker)
14/08/2024
Action! 4.40.0 with pixel perfect HEVC 4:4:4 recording is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.40.0?
Added pixel perfect recording in HEVC 4:4:4 video format (for latest Intel and Nvidia GPUs)
Fixed GPU memory leaks
Added camera shutter sound after screenshot capture
Changed recording date formatting (sort friendly)
Window picker improvements
Improvements for HDR capture devices (tone-mapping detection etc.)
Performance and stability improvements
07/02/2024
Action! 4.39.1 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.39.1?
Fixed Action! not connecting to games installed in specific folders
Fixed Action! not working with DXVK in Direct3D 9 mode
Stability fixes
01/02/2024
Action! 4.39.0 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.39.0?
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
12/12/2023
Action! 4.38.2 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.38.2?
Fixed long Action! startup time
31/10/2023
Action! 4.38.1 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.38.1?
- HOTFIX for bug in newest Nvidia GPU drivers (fixes problems with 1440p video encoding)
- Added support for Action! RCU 2.0. Digitally signed beta APK for android can be downloaded here: https://downloads.mirillis.com/files/actionrcu2-release-beta.apk
05/10/2023
Action! 4.38.0 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.38.0?
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
11/09/2023
Action! 4.37.1 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.37.1?
HOTFIX: Fixed recording/streaming randomly stopping by new hotkeys added in version 4.37.0
8/09/2023
Action! 4.37.0 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.37.0?
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...)
17/08/2023
Action! 4.36.0 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.36.0?
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 :)
07/07/2023
Action! 4.35.0 with AI-powered auto webcam (face) centering is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.35.0?
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)
02/07/2023
Action! 4.34.0 with webcam alpha mask and edge blur is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.34.0?
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
27/06/2023
Action! 4.33.1 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.33.1?
MPEG-2 TS format improvements
Added Time-Shift capture in MPEG-2 TS format (*.mts)
Reduced minimal capture region width
Stability improvements
25/06/2023
Action! 4.33.0 with MPEG-2 Transport Stream recording support is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.33.0?
HOTFIX: YouTube upload problems (privacy and category selection)
Added MPEG-2 Transport Stream muxing for recordings (excluding Time-Shift captures)
17/06/2023
Action! 4.32.0 with Enhanced RTMP support is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.32.0?
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
15/03/2023
Action! 4.31.1 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.31.1?
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
18/01/2023
Action! 4.31.0 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.31.0?
Fixed problems with CAPCOM RE Engine
Improvements for systems with more than one GPU
Stability fixes
12/01/2023
Action! 4.30.5 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.30.5?
Improved HUD display time after Action startup
Fixed Action not showing HUD in Screen Mode when run without administrator rights (in full screen games)
10/01/2023
Action! 4.30.4 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.30.4?
HOTFIX for selected region recording/streaming
09/01/2023
Action! 4.30.3 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.30.3?
Important fix for Alt-Tab problems in some rare cases (ie. Apex Legends)
05/12/2022
Action! 4.30.2 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.30.2?
Important fix for Vulkan API
25/11/2022
Action! 4.30.1 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.30.1?
Fixed spatial audio recording from selected application (like Forza Horizon 5, Resident Evil Village etc.)
Stability fixes
18/10/2022
Action! 4.30.0 with important fixes for Windows 10/11 22H2 update is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.30.0?
Fixed HDR detection (Windows 10/11 22H2 update)
Fixed selected window capture (Windows 10/11 22H2 update)
Stability fixes
12/09/2022
Action! 4.29.4 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.29.4?
Fixed Ricochet anti-cheat compatibility problem (CoD: Warzone)
Fixed zero-width space problem with specific window titles used for file name creation
Stability fixes
25/08/2022
Action! 4.29.3 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.29.3?
Fixed cursor scaling when video is not captured in original resolution (MP4)
Fixed problems with latest Nvidia drivers
Stability fixes
21/06/2022
Action! 4.29.2 with important fix for multi GPU systems is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.29.2?
Important fix for systems with multi GPU setups (Intel + Nvidia)
Fixed mouse cursor recording on high DPI displays
26/05/2022
Action! 4.29.0 with improved high DPI display support is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.29.0?
Integration with CEF engine v95
Added support for high DPI displays (200% and 300% automatic interface scaling)
Added support for virtual/software emulated GPUs
15/05/2022
Action! 4.28.0 with critical YouTube API fix is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.28.0?
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
15/04/2022
Action! 4.27.1 with improvements for Intel DG1/DG2 GPUs is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.27.1?
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
18/03/2022
Action! 4.27.0 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.27.0?
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)
02/03/2022
Action! 4.26.0 with Twitch Helix API integration is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.26.0?
Integration with new Twitch Helix API
Improved audio synchronization (when recording additional audio track to a separate file)
Stability improvements
12/02/2022
Action! 4.25.0 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.25.0?
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
22/01/2022
Action! 4.24.3 with DirectX 3 - DirectX 7 support is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.24.3?
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
10/01/2022
Action! 4.24.2 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.24.2?
Fixed crash upon entering Hotkey Settings with more than 16 HID devices available in the system
07/01/2022
Action! 4.24.1 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.24.1?
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)
10/12/2021
Action! 4.24.0 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.24.0?
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
10/11/2021
Action! 4.23.0 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.23.0?
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
12/10/2021
Action! 4.22.0 with acoustic echo canceller is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.22.0?
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
21/09/2021
Action! 4.21.5 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.21.5?
Fixed mouse cursor not being captured properly in some rare situations
10/09/2021
Action! 4.21.4 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.21.4?
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 fo latest Windows 11 insider build (22449.1000)
30/08/2021
Action! 4.21.3 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.21.3?
Fixed automatic recovery of corrupted MP4 recordings
27/08/2021
Action! 4.21.2 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.21.2?
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)
20/08/2021
Action! 4.21.1 with important HDMI device streaming fix is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.21.1?
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)
17/08/2021
Action! 4.21.0 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.21.0?
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
03/08/2021
Action! 4.20.3 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.20.3?
Fixed memory leak in OriSound module (capturing audio from selected application/game)
Improved FPS counter precision
20/07/2021
Action! 4.20.2 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.20.2?
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
07/07/2021
Action! 4.20.1 with important improvements is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.20.1?
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
29/06/2021
Action! 4.20.0 with Windows 11 support is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.20.0?
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)
28/06/2021
Action! 4.19.1 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.19.1?
HOTFIX: YouTube live streaming audio problem has been fixed
25/06/2021
Action! 4.19.0 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.19.0?
Improved audio recording from selected applications and games
Vulkan API support improvements (updated to version 1.2). Fixes issues with non-compatible titles.
Improved recording file naming
07/05/2021
Action! 4.18.1 with OriSound function improvements is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.18.1?
To allow easier use of OriSound function (recording original audio directly from games and applications) a new Auto mode has been added. In this mode (with Game Mode and Selected Application as primary audio device) Action! will automatically switch audio source to selected/active game.
Fixed AVerMedia GC573 4K HDR capture card sound support
Added volume meter for primary and secondary (microphone) devices displayed on UI
Added live sound playback (via PC speakers/headphones) of audio from capturing devices
Fixed OriSound function not working properly with suspended UWP processes
30/04/2021
Action! 4.18.0 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.18.0?
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
27/04/2021
Action! 4.17.1 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.17.1?
HOTFIX: Fixed mono microphone recording
26/04/2021
Action! 4.17.0 with OriSound function (record audio only from selected application) is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.17.0?
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.
HOW TO USE ORISOUND:
1. Use "Selected application" from audio device list (either primary, secondary or aux device).
2. A window will appear showing currently detected sound sources in the system
(from system audio mixer)
3. If the application you want record sound from is not running or is not visible on the list you
can use the '+' button to select its exe file (you need to manually find its location first)
NOTES: This feature might not work for anti-cheat protected games and some games with
spatial audio like Dolby Atmos. This will be improved soon in version 4.18.0.
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
19/03/2021
Action! 4.16.1 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.16.1?
Important fixes for multi-GPU mobile devices
Fixed video scaling problems in some situations
Improved AMD Freesync and Nvidia G-Sync technology support
04/03/2021
Action! 4.16.0 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.16.0?
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
29/01/2021
Action! 4.15.1 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.15.1?
HOTFIX: Fixed HDR detection for old HDR games
HOTFIX: Fixed random Action! closing on Windows 10 Insider builds
27/01/2021
Action! 4.15.0 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.15.0?
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
23/12/2020
Action! 4.14.1 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.14.1?
Fixed virtual display scaling support for Windows 20H2 version
Fixed HDR10 support detection for AMD GPUs with newest drivers installed
Stability fixes
11/12/2020
Action! 4.14.0 with official support for YouTube HDR live streaming is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.14.0?
NEW: Official support for YouTube HDR live streaming
Fixed support for old GPUs with no DirectX 11 level 11.0 support
Stability fixes
19/11/2020
Action! 4.13.1 with HDR10+ improvements is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.13.1?
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
10/11/2020
Action! 4.13.0 with HDR10+ recording is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.13.0?
Added HDR10+ real time meta data injection into captured HDR video streams
Added software Motion JPEG webcam decoding
Fixed desktop recording when display scaling or high DPI are enabled on Windows 10 version 20H2
Performance optimizations for GPUs not supporting DirectX 11.1
Fixed DirectX 8 scaling (for old games)
Improved support for 4K HDR hardware capture cards
Added support for Intel DG1 GPU (Intel multi GPU support)
Fixed streaming to Facebook wall (using Account Manager)
16/10/2020
Action! 4.12.2 with HDR Time-Shift is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.12.2?
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
10/10/2020
Action! 4.12.1 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.12.1?
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
05/10/2020
Action! 4.12.0 with YouTube HLS streaming is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.12.0?
Added webcam and graphics overlays Z-order and horizontal and vertical flipping (right click on overlay to show context menu with options)
Fixed MP4 support in DaVinci Resolve
Added dynamic broadcast creation using YouTube API (old version will no longer work)
Fixed direct HDR videos uploading to YouTube (created using AMD GPU hardware acceleration)
Added HLS streaming to YouTube!
Added HDR to SDR tone-mapping exposure control (function available in hardware acceleration settings popup)
Added SDR to HDR overlay brightness control (function available in hardware acceleration settings popup)
Stability improvements
09/09/2020
Action! 4.11.0 with new Window recording mode is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.11.0?
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
There is one more version (4.12.0) coming this month that will include:
Moving graphics overlays below or above other overlays (Z order)
Horizontal/vertical flipping of graphics overlays
Adding more audio tracks in a single MP4 file will be possible
Audio equalizer showing current volume of different audio tracks before recording/streaming starts
Nvidia constant QP mode (for advanced users)
Exposure setting for HDR to SDR conversion
Capturing popup windows in Window capture mode
Time-Shift for Screen mode
18/08/2020
Action! 4.10.5 with important fixes is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.10.5?
Fixed YouTube login after latest Google API changes
Fixed problems with some Nvidia mobile GPUs (920M etc.)
Stability improvements
06/08/2020
Action! 4.10.4 with important fixes is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.10.4?
Added crash dump report uploading to cloud (upon user acceptance)
Stability improvements
28/07/2020
Action! 4.10.3 with important fixes is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.10.3?
Fixed overlay graphics opening
Added automatic Windows Error Reporting to improve support/bug fixing speed
Where to find and how to send crash dump report file?
To allow faster problem solving/bugfixing if you encounter an Action! crash please look into the crash folder that is created in Action!'s installation folder. There will be two files there named crashdump.dmp and a log file with your system specification (devices installed etc.) Please kindly send us these files if a crash occures and we will investigate them and provide a solution in the shortest possible time.
08/07/2020
Action! 4.10.2 with important fixes is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.10.2?
Fixed web overlay sounds playback
Fixed compatibility with specific applications and games
Added automatic logs that help in solving problems
03/07/2020
Action! 4.10.1 with important fixes is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.10.1?
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
25/06/2020
Action! 4.10.0 with 8K recording and multiple displays in one video is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.10.0?
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
28/05/2020
Action! 4.9.0 with improved 240fps recording is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.9.0?
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
19/05/2020
Action! 4.8.1 with 240fps recording is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.8.1?
Important fix for hardware capturing devices support
18/05/2020
Action! 4.8.0 with 240fps recording is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.8.0?
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
08/05/2020
Action! 4.7.0 with World's first JPEG XL screenshot capturing in HDR10 is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.7.0?
NEW FEATURE: JPEG XL screenshot capturing in true HDR10 is now possible!
Microphone volume boost to 200% level is now possible
HUD is now rendered in true HDR for HDR desktop and HDR games using 64 bits per pixel color
Fixed Alt+Tab crashing in some DirectX 10/11 games and applications
Improved ST.2084/BT.2020 HDR10 video signaling
Fixed randomly corrupted (green) recordings using hardware accelerated HEVC encoding on Nvidia GPUs
Fixed maximum allowed AMD AMF (VCE 1.0 to 4.1) video encoder resolution
24/04/2020
Action! 4.6.0 with improved HDR10 recording is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.6.0?
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
09/04/2020
Action! 4.5.0 with improved HDR10 recording is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.5.0?
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
27/03/2020
Action! 4.4.0 with improved HDR10 recording is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.4.0?
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
21/03/2020
Action! 4.3.1 with improved HDR10 recording is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.3.1?
HOTFIX: Fixed problems with GPUs not fully supporting DirectX 11.1 features
Fixed region recording using Intel GPUs
18/03/2020
Action! 4.3.0 with improved HDR10 recording is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.3.0?
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
11/03/2020
Action! 4.2.0 with improved HDR10 recording is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.2.0?
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)
10/02/2020
Action! 4.1.2 with HDR10 recording is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.1.2?
Fixed HDR10 glitch during video start after uploading to YouTube
Improved HDR video source detection
07/02/2020
Action! 4.1.1 with HDR10 recording is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.1.1?
HOTFIX: Important fix for DirectX 9 and 10
06/02/2020
Action! 4.1.0 with HDR10 recording is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.1.0?
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
16/01/2020
Action! 4.0.4 with HDR10 recording is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.0.4?
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)
24/12/2019
Action! 4.0.3 with HDR10 recording is now available!
What's new in Action! 4.0.3?
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)
15/10/2019
Action! 3.10.2 is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.10.2?
Fixed OpenGL upside down recording on AMD GPUs
OpenGL recording improvements
30/09/2019
Action! 3.10.1 is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.10.1?
Fixed support for AMD RX 5700 and newer GPUs
10/09/2019
Action! 3.10.0 with Mixer integration is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.10.0?
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
28/06/2019
Action! 3.9.6 is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.9.6?
Added support for ARGB32 webcam drivers (with software removed background)
24/05/2019
Action! 3.9.5 with Rage 2 support is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.9.5?
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)
21/05/2019
Action! 3.9.4 is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.9.4?
Fixed long Action! closing when suspended UWP processes/games are running in the background
GUI improvements
30/04/2019
Action! 3.9.3 with RTMPS secure streaming is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.9.3?
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
23/04/2019
Action! 3.9.2 is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.9.2?
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!)
14/03/2019
Action! 3.9.1 is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.9.1?
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
25/01/2019
Action! 3.9.0 with Time-Shift in RAM is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.9.0?
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
13/12/2018
Action! 3.8.0 with full support for recording/streaming Microsoft Store/UWP apps is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.8.0?
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
06/12/2018
Action! 3.7.2 is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.7.2?
Fixed compatibility with Activision products (COD WW2, Black Ops and other new titles)
Stability improvements
29/11/2018
Action! 3.7.1 with custom MP4 bitrate setup is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.7.1?
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)
21/11/2018
Action! 3.7.0 with MP4 recovery and microphone noise reduction is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.7.0?
NEW FEATURE: 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)
NEW FEATURE: Advanced microphone noise suppression has been added (configuration in microphone settings)
NEW FEATURE: 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
08/11/2018
Action! 3.6.1 is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.6.1?
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)
06/11/2018
Action! 3.6.0 is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.6.0?
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
23/10/2018
Action! 3.5.5 is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.5.5?
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
12/10/2018
Action! 3.5.4 is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.5.4?
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)
09/10/2018
Action! 3.5.3 is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.5.3?
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
04/10/2018
Action! 3.5.2 is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.5.2?
IMPORTANT live streaming stability and video quality improvements for Intel/Nvidia/AMD GPUs
03/10/2018
Action! 3.5.1 is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.5.1?
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
29/09/2018
Action! 3.5.0 is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.5.0?
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
07/09/2018
Action! 3.4.0 is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.4.0?
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
23/08/2018
Action! 3.3.0 is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.3.0?
Added advanced Time-Shift settings (maximum swap-file size and location - this allows to offload SSD disk from continuous storage of time-shifted video data)
Time-Shift saving is now done in background (not blocking)
Added recording webcam to a separate AVI video file (for video editing purposes). Available via Webcam Settings (Capture Mode)
Added Nvidia GPU selection that will be used to perform hardware acceleration (available via Hardware Acceleration Settings in main screen)
Fixed webcam/microphone showing/recording on button down (in the On/Off mode)
Added automatic stretching of 1440x1080 video content to 1920x1080 (to remove black vertical bars)
Fixed Vulkan error message on some systems
Fixed free disk space calculation
03/08/2018
Action! 3.2.0 is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.2.0?
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
20/06/2018
Action! 3.1.6 is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.1.6?
Added browser source cropping
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
02/06/2018
Action! 3.1.5 is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.1.5?
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
23/05/2018
Action! 3.1.4 is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.1.4?
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.)
15/05/2018
Action! 3.1.3 is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.1.3?
Performance improvements in device recording mode with recording preview enabled
Stability fixes
08/05/2018
Action! 3.1.2 is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.1.2?
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
26/04/2018
Action! 3.1.1 is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.1.1?
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
20/04/2018
Action! 3.1.0 is now available.
What's new in Action! 3.1.0?
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
30/03/2018
Action! 3.0.0 is now available.
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
...so many more that there is not enough space here to write them down :)
21/12/2017
Action! 2.8.2
Fixed compatibility between Edge browser and Action!
Improved latest Nvidia drivers interoperability with Action!
Stability improvements
23/10/2017
Action! 2.8.1
Important fix for Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 desktop/screen recording
09/10/2017
Action! 2.8.0
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
29/09/2017
Action! 2.7.4
Fixed fullscreen desktop recording after recording downscaled desktop region
Added scrollable hotkeys settings
22/09/2017
Action! 2.7.3
NEW FEATURE: Microphone volume indicator on HUD (during recording)
Improved Hauppauge device detection
17/09/2017
Action! 2.7.2
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
12/09/2017
Action! 2.7.1
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)
08/09/2017
Action! 2.7.0
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
18/08/2017
Action! 2.6.2
Fixed desktop detection after returning from standby/suspend state
Fixed desktop detection after returning from login state
03/08/2017
Action! 2.6.1
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
26/07/2017
Action! 2.6.0
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
28/06/2017
Action! 2.5.5
Application stability improvements
24/06/2017
Action! 2.5.4
Application stability fixed when running Action! in offline mode
23/06/2017
Action! 2.5.3
4K live streaming - added possibility to live stream videos up to 4K resolution using Original video size option
Stability improvements
31/05/2017
Action! 2.5.2
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
18/05/2017
Action! 2.5.1
Added support for Smashcast LIVE Streaming service
Important improvements for video recording with AMD APP acceleration
GUI improvements
Stability improvements
16/05/2017
Action! 2.5.0
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
21/04/2017
Action! 2.4.1
Improvements for Windows 10 Creators Update running on systems with Nvidia GPU
Fixed Action! stability in device recording mode when device is disconnected
20/04/2017
Action! 2.4.0
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
14/03/2017 Action! 2.3.0
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
15/02/2017 Action! 2.2.1
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
10/02/2017 Action! 2.2.0
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
17/01/2017 Action! 2.1.0
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
02/12/2016 Action! 2.0.7
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
01/12/2016 Action! 2.0.6
Application stability improvements
Application installer improvements
23/11/2016 Action! 2.0.5
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)
18/11/2016 Action! 2.0.4
Fixed Battlefield 1 DirectX 12 gameplay recording
Updated Twitch servers list
Application installer improvements
16/11/2016 Action! 2.0.2
Application stability improvements
Application installer improvements
10/11/2016 Action! 2.0.1
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
04/11/2016 Action! 2.0.0
NEW FEATURE: Chroma Key option added for webcams recording and LIVE streaming
NEW FEATURE: LIVE Streaming to Facebook
NEW FEATURE: Selected application recording mode added to record video from selected application only
NEW FEATURE: Option to show free disk space on Action! HUD
NEW FEATURE: "Do not record HUD during desktop recording" option added
NEW FEATURE: Microphone off delay added for microphone recording on button down
New, modern user interface with redesigned settings categories
Improved webcam preview
Refreshed Export window with new, redesigned output profiles
Fixed video uploading to Facebook
Assigned a separate hotkey for Live streaming
Fixed mouse problem experienced during RUST game recording
Windows Logon screen and UAC screens recording performance improvements for Windows 8.1 or newer on Admin user
Fixed fullscreen and region Windows desktop recording with upscalling (on Windows 7 without Aero and on 8.1/10 on onon-admin user)
Fixed YouTube fullscreen video recording on Windows 10 with AMD graphics cards
Webcam recording stability improvements
Stability improvements
User interface improvements
Action! installer improvements
REMOVED FEATURES
Perfect Video Match mode has been removed
Remote Action! functionality has been removed. Remote PC access and gaming is now available as a separate product - Monflo. Download Monflo for free at: www.monflo.com
HOW TO UPGRADE TO VERSION 2.0?
Simply download the latest Action! 2.x.x installer and install it on your PC! To activate Action! 2.0 use your current serial number (activation key) from version 1.x.x.
19/08/2016 Action! 1.31.5
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
04/08/2016 Action! 1.31.4
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)
16/05/2016 Action! 1.31.3
Fixed Action! HUD visibility for DOOM game.
14/05/2016 Action! 1.31.2
Stability fix for closing webcam preview window
10/05/2016 Action! 1.31.1
Fixed application start on computers with NVIDIA graphics cards.
09/05/2016 Action! 1.31.0
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
03/04/2016 Action! 1.30.3
Fixed video recording start problem with Time-shift option enabled
02/04/2016 Action! 1.30.2
LIVE Streaming stability fixes
Auto reconnect improvements for LIVE Streaming
30/03/2016 Action! 1.30.1
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
27/01/2016 Action! 1.30.0
Remote Action! improvements
Fixed exporting to YouTube using normal (non-admin) Windows user account
Stability improvements
21/10/2015 Action! 1.29.0
IMPORTANT: Remote Action! service is now free for all users
Fixed video recording on Normal (non-Admin) user account
Stability improvements
17/10/2015 Action! 1.28.0
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
09/10/2015 Action! 1.27.2
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)
05/10/2015 Action! 1.27.1
Webcam Capture resolution option added
Added options to set horizontal and vertical webcam position
Stability improvements
28/09/2015 Action! 1.27.0
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
24/08/2015 Action! 1.26.1
Fixed LIVE Streaming with NVIDIA NVENC acceleration on Windows 10
Fixed NVENC support detection for Maxwell architecture
19/08/2015 Action! 1.26.0
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
31/07/2015 Action! 1.25.6
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
17/07/2015 Action! 1.25.5
Fixed problems for systems with AMD graphics cards without AMD APP/VCE support and with latest Catalyst 15.7 drivers installed
13/07/2015 Action! 1.25.4
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
03/06/2015 Action! 1.25.3
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
30/05/2015 Action! 1.25.2
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).
21/05/2015 Action! 1.25.1
Fixed Critical error 106" problem on Action! start with Windows User Account Control (UAC) disabled
20/05/2015 Action! 1.25.0
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
01/04/2015 Action! 1.24.3
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
23/03/2015 Action! 1.24.2
Fixed BattlEye protected games recording like Arma, Dayz etc.
Improved connection with specific games and applications
12/03/2015 Action! 1.24.1
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
25/02/2015 Action! 1.23.0
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
13/02/2015 Action! 1.22.1
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
07/02/2015 Action! 1.22.0
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.)
21/01/2015 Action! 1.21.0
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
26/11/2014 Action! 1.20.2
Windows logon screen recording improvements
Improvements for Remote Action! functionality
Stability improvements
18/11/2014 Action! 1.20.1
Improved NVIDIA NVENC video encoding quality
Improved Remote Action! video quality on LTE/Wifi 2.4Ghz
Improved Remote Action! connection process
13/11/2014 Action! 1.20.0
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
25/03/2014 Action! 1.19.2
Performance improvements
Stability fixes
25/03/2014 Action! 1.19.1
Fixed Logitech G13/G15/G19 support
Important stability fixes
19/03/2014 Action! 1.19.0
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
03/03/2014 Action! 1.18.0
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
15/02/2014 Action! 1.17.4
Custom Action! open folder and open file dialog windows added.
Stability fixes
04/02/2014 Action! 1.17.3
Fixed support for systems with AMD GPUs and non-vendor certified drivers
Stability fixes
03/02/2014 Action! 1.17.2
Fixed Windows 8.1 Modern UI apps recording
Fixed HUD recording timer
Improved DirectX 10/11 games detection
Stability fixes
23/01/2013 Action! 1.17.1
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
24/09/2013 Action! 1.16.3
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
19/09/2013 Action! 1.16.2
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
12/09/2013 Action! 1.16.1
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
23/08/2013 Action! 1.16.0
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
10/08/2013 Action! 1.15.2
Action! LIVE Streaming audio video synchronization improvements
Action! LIVE Streaming bitrate improvements
Fixed importing of LIVE Streaming recordings in Sony Vegas
02/08/2013 Action! 1.15.1
Added option to record microphone into separate audio track for MP4 video recordings
Video quality improvements
Stability fixes
30/07/2013 Action! 1.15.0
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.
03/07/2013 Action! 1.14.3
Fixed desktop recording on the new Windows 8.1 Preview
29/05/2013 Action! 1.14.2
Fixed corrupted decoding of video recordings including specific mouse cursors (i.e. Photoshop CS6 recordings)
15/05/2013 Action! 1.14.1
Stability and performance improvements for webcam recording
FICV system decoder improvements
08/04/2013 Action! 1.14.0
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
22/03/2013 Action! 1.13.3
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
27/02/2012 Action! 1.13.2
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)
26/02/2012 Action! 1.13.1
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
07/02/2012 Action! 1.13.0
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
28/12/2012 Action! 1.12.2
Fixed activation window for high DPI settings in Windows 8
09/11/2012 Action! 1.12.1
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
22/10/2012 Action! 1.12.0
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
05/10/2012 Action! 1.11.0
NEW FEATURE: Direct video recording to MP4 (H.264/AVC) format using IntelŪ 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
09/09/2012 Action! 1.10.0
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
01/09/2012 Action! 1.9.2
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
20/08/2012 Action! 1.9.1
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
17/08/2012 Action! 1.9.0
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)
10/08/2012 Action! 1.8.0
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
31/07/2012 Action! 1.7.0
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
20/07/2012 Action! 1.6.1
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
12/07/2012 Action! 1.6.0
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
25/06/2012 Action! 1.5.0
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)
01/06/2012 Action! 1.4.0
NEW FEATURE:Mouse clicks visualizations added for desktop recordings
Capture screenshot button added to desktop region panel
Improvements for multidisplay setups
29/05/2012 Action! 1.3.4
Mouse cursor synchronization improvements
Fix for numeric keyboard hotkeys
Small UI improvements
26/05/2012 Action! 1.3.3
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
11/05/2012 Action! 1.3.2
1 channel microphone sound recording fixed
EA Syndicate - game recording fixed
The Adventures of Tintin - fixed game recording in windowed mode
04/05/2012 Action! 1.3.1
Stability and user interface fixes
Japanese translations improvements
Japanese user manual added
11/01/2012 Action! 1.3.0
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.
Download Action! 1.3.0 (18MB)
26/11/2011 Action! 1.2.0
Video quality improvements for 1366x768 full-screen video recordings
PNG & JPG screenshots added for "Games & applications" recording mode
Download Action! 1.2.0 (18MB)
18/11/2011 Action! 1.1.0
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
16/11/2011 Action! 1.0.1
IMPORTANT stability fixes regarding video recording when disk space is running low
High DPI support added (150DPI+)
Action! GUI improvements
Action! player stability improvements