Action! FAQ - general questions about recording Windows desktop and capturing gameplay.

Mirillis Action! is available for Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8.

Mirillis Action! records Windows desktop, gameplay and all other videos in AVI 2.0 file format using proprietary Mirillis FICV video codec. This is highly optimized codec for games and desktop recordings.

Action! includes internal ultra responsive player optimized for video recordings playback. Your gameplay and screen recordings in AVI file format can be also played with almost all media players available on the market.

Action! provides built-in export functionality which allows to quickly export your screen or gameplay recordings to popular devices, YouTube™ and Facebook.

Action! includes internal ultra responsive player optimized for video recordings playback. Select gameplay or other screen recording on the list and click play icon or use mouse double click on a thumbnail to start video recording playback.

Raw Action! recordings in AVI format can be also played almost with all media players available on the market. If you experience any playback performance problems with 3rd party media players please use optimized Action! player.

Yes, starting from version 1.7.0 Mirillis Action! fully supports Windows 8 recording, Windows 8 Modern UI recording and all Modern UI Style applications recording.

All other Action! functions like gameplay recording, audio recording, video recording, capturing screenshots etc. are also available for Windows 8.

Yes, starting from version 1.8.0 Mirillis Action! provides a function to pause and resume video recordings. To pause and resume video recording please use a hotkey
(default hotkey: Shift+F9).

Pause/resume video recording function can be used for all gameplay recordings, desktop recordings and desktop region recordings.