Action! - Gameplay Recording and Streaming News

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

Hi guys! Action 4 is now available.

We have done some major changes in the capturing engine that in some cases give up to 2x performance improvement. HDR10 requires Nvidia GTX (1050 minimum) or one of the newest Intel CPUs (like Icelake). We have made Action 4 compatible with the latest SDKs from Intel, Nvidia and AMD.

Below please find a list of new (key) features that are available in Action 4:

- 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 (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)

Please also note that for YouTube logging in (in Account Manager) you must first enable the streaming feature using your Google/YouTube Account

Happy holidays! And thank you for allowing us to improve Action over all those years.

Paul
CEO, Mirillis

Today we have fantastic news for you all!

Action 4 is almost ready and will be released to the public in December. Just like 7 years ago when Action! came to life with top recording performance even on low-end machines, this time we are going to raise the bar even higher!

Our new Zero Frame Drop capturing engine guarantees outstanding recording and streaming performance no matter if the video is HD, 4K or even 8K! It even outperforms hardware capturing cards!

Below please find a list of new features that will be available in Action 4:

- Zero Frame Drop engine for Direct3D 9/10/11/12, OpenGL and Vulkan. No drops, no lags, ever.
- Real-time HDR10 encoding (on selected hardware configurations)
- Recording audio only from selected applications
- Advanced scene manager for broadcasting (available in spring 2020)
- HEVC encoding on Intel, AMD, and Nvidia
- AVX512 optimizations

Of course, the update will be free for all Steam Action 3 users.

Below is the list of changes in the newest 3.10.2 version:

- Added integration with Mixer
- Fixed Vulkan recording/streaming (No Man's Sky etc.)
- Fixed live user count number on HUD for Twitch
- Fixed support for DLive streaming platform
- Fixed support for AMD RX 5700 and newer GPUs
- OpenGL recording improvements
- Fixed OpenGL upside down recording on AMD GPUs

After recent Twitch login script modifications we are having problems with the Account Manager accessing Twitch for broadcasting. Similar problem occurs for Smashcast. We are working on this and will release an update ASAP. There are no problems when streaming to Twitch or Smashcast using URL and Streamkey (Custom Streaming Service). We are sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.