Hardware decoding is preferable in either the Nvidia NVENC or AMD APP as this takes the work from the CPU and directs it to the GPU, usually producing a much smaller file size.Mirillis Action! 3.5.1 Multilingual | 79.1 Mb The formats available are AVI, MP4 and GPU hardware decode for either AMD or Nvidia. You can record in a variety of FPS (frames per second) between 15 and 120 fps, but the norm nowadays would be 1080p at 60 fps, which is great for YouTube videos. Not only that, but the HUD also shows free disk space and since the HUD can be visible during recording, it’s handy to know how much space is actually being chewed up on your computer. The default save location for screenshots and videos can be changed if you’re running low on disk space and a handy indicator is shown just below your saved work, showing available disk space for saving. I really like the handy video thumbnails that are shown on the left, giving you all the necessary information such as duration, resolution and size on disk. The menu bar at the top opens to a further menu bar underneath and all the options can be changed quickly in easy-to-understand options, unlike some other game recording programs that are far more complicated to use than they need to be. The interface of Action! in the new V2.xx version has been completely overhauled and is clean, very intuitive to use and gives you complete control over the program.

I’m not being sponsored by Mirillis in any way, but seeing as this is a program I use almost every day (like the venerable Snagit), a major update such as this is worth shouting about. I was so impressed with the program that I bought it on special offer at Steam a few months ago and am happy to say that it’s the best screen recording software I have ever used by a very wide margin. In two previous articles How to Record Your Video Game Action Part 1 and Part 2, I reviewed numerous game recording programs, including Mirillis Action! which I was using as a trial at the time.

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