Action! - Gameplay Recording and Streaming News

Hi creators and gamers!

Yesterday we have uploaded version 4.4.0 with the following changes:

• HOTFIX: Fixed Doom Eternal recording in Vulkan HDR10 mode (AMD GPUs currently don't support HDR in Doom Eternal but AMD is working on it)
  
• HOTFIX: Improved OpenGL support on notebooks with two GPUs (integrated and high performance)
  
• HOTFIX: Improved Minecraft (Java edition) support (still HUD is wrongly displayed in some views since Minecraft Java Edition 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
  

Please remember to select the hardware acceleration with "HDR10" in name for HDR recording.
You can also record HDR10 video using the Intel GPU (UHD graphics or Iris) on laptops with integrated and discrete GPUs even if the discrete GPU does not support it!

Stay safe, stay sane and create great looking Standard and High Dynamic Range HD and 4K content!

Mirillis Team

Hi everyone,

We have just uploaded version 4.3.1 with important fixes listed below:

• HOTFIX: Fixed problems with GPUs not fully supporting DirectX 11.1 features (GPUs designed before Windows 8.1 introduction like Nvidia GTX 6xx, GT 7xx etc.)
  
• Improved Vulkan performance
  
• Fixed region recording using Intel GPUs
  
• 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
  

IMPORTANT: Due to the coronavirus outbreak we have problems with the YouTube API Services as we are running out of quota during the day (because of the large number of users). We are working to increase our daily limits. The only fix to this problem right now it to use the URL/Streamkey (Custom streaming method).

Mirillis Team

Hi everybody!

For the past month we have been struggling to improve all the issues reported by our dear users. We have integrated NVIDIA NVAPI and AMD AGS API to detect if HDR is enabled at the GPUs output (HDMI and Display Port). We also had to implement missing Windows 10 functionality since there is no official way to detect if HDR (ST2084 gamma) is enabled at the output of fullscreen exclusive DirectX 12 games and apps that do not use NVAPI or AMD AGS API. There was a serious bug for games that run in RGB10 format that sometimes were incorrectly detected as HDR and the captured video was corrupted (psychedelic color effect).

As of version 4.2.0 we support HDR10 recording for newest AMD Vega GPUs and real-time preview in HDR.

Below a list of all important improvements included in this version:

• 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 detection in DirectX 12 by implementing undocumented/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)
  
• Fixed Constant Frame Rate marking in 120p/144p MP4 files (for video editors)
  
• Improved AV lip-sync in low framerate modes (ie. 24p)
  

Thank you for your continuous support and feedback!

Mirillis Team

Hi everybody! Action 4.1.0 update is now available!

Below please find list of improvements included in this version:

• HDR10 recording improvements (fixed invalid colors in 600+ nits etc.)
  
• Added high quality webcam, logo and graphics 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 than 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
  

The next update will include:

• Support for JPEG-XL screenshots (in true HDR10)
  
• DirectX 9 to DirectX 9Ex conversion with 40% fps recording increase and near zero frame drop
  
• Further Vulkan performance improvements
  
• Selection of AMD GPU used for encoding if more then one is present
  

As always we wish you all creation of amazing content!

Mirillis Team

Hi guys! Action 4.0.4 update is now available!

Below please find list of improvements included in this version:

• 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)
  

We are deeply sorry for any bugs present in the first version of Action 4 that may have caused problems for some users.

In the next week 4.0.5 update you will find:

• Real-time conversion of any Direct3D 9 game to Direct3D 9 Ex (recording/streaming performance improved by up to 40%)
  
• HDR Vulkan support (HDR10 recording of Vulkan games)
  
• Improved Vulkan capturing performance
  
• Improved NVENC encoding quality
  
• Improved support for Direct3D 12 in SLI mode
  
• Selection of AMD GPU used for encoding if more then one is present
  

Happy content creation!

Paul
CEO, Mirillis