Time-Shift Feature [Screen Recording 101 by Mirillis]

Time-Shift - the life-saving feature of Action! Screen Recorder

Have you ever lost a chance to record a perfect in-game action because you forgot to turn on the recording? 

Well, you can say “goodbye” to all the lost opportunities – Time-Shift feature is here for you.Save your last gameplay actions by pushing just a single hotkey, which you define by yourself. Time-Shift option keeps recording all your current gameplay action in a short loop buffer.

How to enable Time-Shift function?

Time-Shift feature is available only for Games and applications recording mode. Run Action! Screen Recorder and make sure that Games and applications recording mode is selected. 

Find Time-Shift option and make sure it is enabled.

Adjust your Time-Shift duration, video recording settings (video size, framerate etc.) and run a game. Working Time-Shift option is indicated on Action! HUD:

To save your Time-Shift recording to a file just press a hotkey. Default hotkey to save Time-Shift to a file is: Left Alt + F9

How to save Time-Shift to a file?

To save Action! Time-Shift to a file you have to use a hotkey. Default hotkey is: Left ALT + F9 

What are Time-Shift requirements? All you need is an active "Games and applications" recording mode and a free disk space! It's really easy. Hardware acceleration for video encoding is also recommended, but not necessary.

Time-Shift feature has only a few limitations:

• The feature is available in "Games and applications" recording mode only 
• Minimum Time-Shift buffer duration is 10s.
• Maximum Time-Shift buffer duration is 10 minutes.
• Time-Shift recordings are available in MP4 file format only 
• Maximum recording resolution is 1920x1080

Blizzard announces the remake of the first Diablo

Remake will be somehow "inside" Diablo 3 as a set of levels. Graphics will be based on the engine of Diablo III, however, the manufacturer has announced that they will apply special graphics filter to render the archaic atmosphere of the game.

The player will be able to move only in eight directions, though the exact nuances of the game are not yet known. In the game will appear soundtrack from Diablo 1, as well as the opponents.

And as Frank Pearce, co-founder of Blizzard, said at this year's event for the fans – BlizzCon - there will also be a lot of secrets to discover.

The expansion called "The Darkening of Tristam" will be available for free for those who bought "Reapers of Souls", the first expansion for Diablo III, both on PC and consoles. I think that most of the players already have bought this expansion, so it should not be a problem.

Be sure to record or stream your gameplay when it comes out. With new Action! 2.0 of course :)

Solution for "Illegal copy of Action!" problem

This problem occurs in the following situations:

• You have copied some 3rd party files into Action! Screen Recorder installation directory
• You have installed older Action! Screen Recorder version without uninstalling newer version first
• Something went wrong during installation and some file were not copied correctly

To fix the problem please follow the steps below:

• Go to Action! Screen Recorder installation directory (default location: C:\Program Files (x86)\Mirillis\Action!) and click Uninstall.exe
• Follow instructions and uninstall Action! Screen Recorder
• Make sure that all files from Action! Screen Recorder installation directory has been deleted. If you experience any problems during uninstall, in example with some files access, please restart your PC and try again.
• Download the latest Action! version
• Install Action! Screen Recorder on your PC

If you still experience a problem, please contact us via:
support@mirillis.com 
Our support team will do the best to help you solving the problem.

Razer Stargazer with RealSense technology – and the greenscreen is not needed

The new Razer’s camera – Stargazer – is now available for the price of $149.99. It was created as an advanced web camera with a range of dedicated solutions for video production and transmission. Among the distinctive qualities you can find high-speed of frames capture, dynamic system of cutting out the background for professional-looking transmission (even without a green screen grab), the function of 3D scan, so you can dive deeper in the game world and advanced face and gestures detection algorithms to support daily operations.

The camera can record in 720p @ 60fps and 1080p @ 30fps and is equipped with an automatic noise reduction sound. What the YouTubers and Twitch users will love is green-screen-without green-screenshot function possible by using RealSense technology. In other words, we can cut out the whole background using just a few mouse clicks during the live broadcast or game recording, leaving only the author.

Source: The Verge’s YouTube channel

The camera, of course, is not the cheapest one. However, if we take into account the cost of a green screen, frameworks needed for its installation (and place that it must occupy) it may be that the Stargazer will be our salvation and cost less than the other option.

When pairing it with Mirillis Action! Screen Recorder, which is supporting Intel’s RealSense technology, you will get the perfect combo of software and hardware for professional game recording, streaming, and even creating webinars.

Gears of War 4: multiplayer mode - the latest gameplay

In the latest trailer you can see the classic deathmatch. The eye-catcher is primarily a multitude of movements and all kinds of stunts that we can do. Additionally, hiding behind obstacles functions without charges.

Take a look at the latest clip and judge it yourself, what do you think about this.

Is, in your opinion, the multiplayer mode worth streaming or recording?

Overwatch: the top player was cheating during streaming.

The case concerns a Korean player who was among the top 200 players in the rankings. He was because he earned himself a lifetime ban on his account.

What has he done? Well, he was the owner of the popular in his region channel  on Twitch. During his stream he gathered a group of fans to admire his skill. Streamer decided to impress them even more, so he slightly tweaked his skills with Aimbot.

Sometimes it happens that cheats allows only a slight correction and is not so treacherous. Thanks to this setting scammer can no longer evade justice because the offense is not conspicuous. Here, being a suspect is not a subject to discussion. In the gameplay you do not even see the exact movements of the mouse. He just automatically jumps from opponent to opponent.

He provided evidence of his guilt, for which he was immediately punished.

Will we get Tekken 7 on PC computers?

Producer of Tekken, when asked about cross-platform gameplay in the latest part of the game, said that everything depends on the decision of Sony. Let us hope that the Japanese company will not reject this idea. The combination of the three major platforms would mean much greater interest in the game and very high traffic on the servers.

Would you like to play and record gameplays of the newest Tekken 7 on your PC?