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ACTION! Game recorder features

Action! is reliable game recorder that allows you to create high quality game recording videos with added webcam. Action! is the only game capturing software with built-in Remote PC access app and Live Streaming to popular services!

1 Video Game recording and capturing

Video Source Windows Aero (desktop), DirectX® 8/9/10/11/12, OpenGL®
Video codecs FICV (Fast Intra Compression Video - own Mirillis codec)
H.264/AVC
H.265/HEVC
Audio codecs Linear PCM (Stereo/5.1) (AVI)
AAC LC (Stereo/5.1) (MP4)
Video resolutions supported Single display - up to 4K (3840x2160)
NVIDIA 3D Vision, AMD Eyefinity - up to 8192x8192 (AVI)
up to 4K (3840x2160) (MP4) with Intel® Quick Sync Video , NVIDIA NVENC and AMD APP
up to 4K (3840x2160) (MP4) with software video encoding
Video framerate 15, 20, 24, 25, 30, 50, 60
Output file format AVI 2.0 (FICV)
MP4 (H.264/AVC or H.265/HEVC)
Video recording modes Games & applications recording
Active screen
Active screen region
Video recording options Webcam recording
Perfect Video Match mode
Time limited recordings
Adding custom logo and other overlay graphics for video game recordings
Optional mouse cursor recording
Optional mouse clicks visualizations
Audio options Recording system sounds
Stereo or multi-channel sound recording
Optional microphone recording into separate audio track
Recording microphone
Microphone volume adjustment
Microphone mixing level adjustment
Video recordings playback FIC playback with Internal Action! player

2 Streaming Games, Apps and Desktop

Supported services Twitch.tv / Justin.tv
YouTube
Livestream
Ustream
Aliez.tv
Custom RTMP
Video codecs H.264/AVC
Audio codecs AAC LC (Stereo)
Video streaming resolutions supported Up to 1080p (60p) with Intel® Quick Sync Video
Up to 720p (30p) without hardware acceleration
Video framerate 15, 20, 24, 25, 30, 50, 60
Output file format (with option "Record streamed video to disk" enabled) MP4 (H.264/AVC)

3 Games recording benchmarks

Recorded data Framerate and average framerate
Output file format CSV
Benchmarking options Time limited benchmarking

4 Audio only recording

Audio Codecs Linear PCM (Stereo/5.1), AAC LC (Stereo/5.1)
Output file format WAV, M4A
Audio options Time limited recordings
Stereo or multi-channel sound recording
Option to record silence
Recording microphone
Microphone volume adjustment
Microphone mixing level adjustment

5 Screenshots

Output file formats BMP, JPG, PNG
Screenshots capture features Capturing screenshots for selected desktop region
Option to capture individual desktops or entire desktop for multi-display setups

6Recorded video exporting/converting and uploading features

Output file formats MP4
Output video H.264/AVC or H.265/HEVC (up to 4K)
Output audio AAC LC (Stereo / 5.1)
Hardware accelerated video encoding support | read more Intel® Quick Sync Video
NVIDIA® CUDA™
Video preprocessing High quality scaling
YouTube™ features Predefined YouTube™ export profiles
Automatic video splitting
Uploading
Facebook features Predefined Facebook export profiles
Uploading
General export features Predefined profiles for popular formats and devices
Video frame preview during exporting process

7 General features

Action! HUD Displaying framerate for games, applications and desktop
Displaying average framerate for games, applications and desktop
Displaying detected 3D engine for games and applications
Displaying recording, benchmarking and screenshot capturing status
User Interface Multilingual
Video game recordings manager with thumbnail view
Audio recordings
Benchmarks manager
Screenshots manager
General features Automatic Action! window hiding before recording start
Automatic Action! window showing after recording is finished
Profiles for Active desktop region mode
Custom hotkeys
Multicore CPU support
Automatic Updates

  Please note that this specification is subject to change without prior notice.