Action! - Gameplay Recording and Streaming News

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.

Action! 3.9.6 is now available with:

• added support for ARGB32 webcam drivers (with software removed background)
  

Action! 3.9.5 is now available with:

• Added full support for Rage 2 game (Vulkan with HUD and streaming HUD overlays)
  
• Fixed support for Elgato HD 60S (32-bit mode is no longer supported by Elgato drivers)