Recording to .avi finally available!

Hello everyone,

Great things happened since last entry. The most interesting thing from the list is that we released a new Action! version 1.6.0 with recording directly to .avi format. Before the .avi there was also 1.5.0 version with .fic decoder that was a little step towards the .avi recording. But that doesn't matter anymore. From now you can record your amazing gameplays, video tutorial and everything you wan't in super HD quality in .avi format.

The short history of .fic decoder.

Before we head to 1.6.0 it's worth mentioning the 1.5.0 version which was a minor step towards the .avi recording. We were really satisfied about our own video format that you all know - .fic. but it was not supported by other applications so you always had to export your files to .mp4 format. Some of you did this correctly, some of you find difficulties while exporting your videos and wasn't fully satisfied with the exported video file. In 1.5.0 we created a .fic decoder that allowed Action! users to open .fic files in every application that uses DirectShow. After 1.5.0 release we received a lot of feedback from you. Kudos to you for that! But most of you had lots of problems with opening the .fic files in video editing software. That's was unacceptable and lead us to the .avi format. The .fic decoder dies its own natural way, but it's job will not be forgotten. 

Here's a full list of the changes in 1.5.0:

• NEW FEATURE: FIC decoding support added for applications supporting DirectShow decoders
• Thumbnails for FIC recordings added for Windows Explorer
• Improved Action! application closing stability
• Fixed problem with cut videos when exporting with audio disabled (Audio track set to "Disabled" in export settings)

Action! records now directly to .avi

So here's the Action! moon step. In 1.6.0 version we added a .avi recording. This was long awaited Action! feature that you were asked. And here it is - Action! 1.6.0 with recording directly to .avi format which can be opened in every application that support this format i.e. Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere PRO, Sony Vegas and many many more. Except the container nothing has changed. Action! still records your footage in superb HD quality, CPU usage stays low as before. Action! is still Action!


Here's a full list of the changes in 1.6.0:

• NEW FEATURE: Video recording in AVI 2.0 file format (with Mirillis FICV video compression)
• NEW FEATURE: Editing of raw video recordings (in AVI format) is now possible in 3rd party software like:
• Adobe After Effects
• Adobe Premiere Pro
• Camtasia Studio
• Cyberlink Power Director
• MAGIX Video Pro
• Sony Vegas PRO
• VirtualDub
• Windows Live Movie Maker
• Fixed problem with cut/corrupted exported MP4 videos (low disk space protection)
• Improved raw FICV video quality in 3rd party software
• Fixed ultra HD resolution recordings playback in Action! player
• Small GUI improvements

Splash PRO EX Giveaway

It may be late to tell but it's never late to join! As you probably know, on our facebook wall we are doing from time to time giveaways where you can win activation keys for Mirillis products. Now you can win one of the three activation keys for Splash PRO EX. Care to join? Then stop reading now and go to our facebook app (click) and fill out the entry form. Be quick because it ends tomorrow (Tuesday 17 July at 11:59:59 PM GMT+1).

If you are reading this entry and the giveaway ended, don't worry. Follow us on Twitter or like us on Facebook and next time be the first one to know about our giveaway.

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Bonne chance!


Mirillis Team

Updates, features and more!

Hello Fans,

Only great news in this entry! In short, we reached 2000 fans on facebook, released a major update for Action! with great new features, especially useful for tutorial makers and we reorganized our Splash developers team so be patient, new updates are coming soon for our player! Below you can find more reading, enjoy.

Action!

We are after three releases since last entry. Chronologically in 1.3.3 we did some improvements that may affect people who do video tutorials with Action!, we fixed exporting where after export process audio was slowed and we added more keys available for hot keys. Here's the full update list:

• Mouse cursor synchronization improvement for desktop recordings
• "Slow motion" audio problem in exported MP4 files fixed (experienced for recordings with 192kHz audio)
• More keyboard buttons are available as Hotkeys
• Video recording improvements for low framerate recordings
• Not starting export (showing 0% progress) problem fixed
• Small UI improvements

Action! 1.3.4 is a bow for the 1.3.3. We found some more performance available to make your desktop recorder work smoother. We improved mouse movement so now it looks almost perfect. Here's the full list of changes in 1.3.4:

• Mouse cursor synchronization improvements
• Fix for numeric keyboard hotkeys
• Small UI improvements

Action! 1.4.0 is a huge thing for us, it takes Action! to another level of making video tutorials. We added a feature that allows you to visualize your mouse clicks. Here a sneek peek that we released on Mirillis Fanpage before 1.4.0 was launched:

Since lots of people asked for this small, but practical feature, we have added a Capture Screenshot button to Active Desktop Region mode so now you can make your particular area screenshot directly from this mode. Green Camera button is waiting!

We also improved multi-display setups, so you should no longer meet any issues while using more than one monitor, but remember to always change you active desktop while recording with Action! to the one you want to record - F8 set by default.

.fic available for another applications?

Yes! We are working on our own codec that will allow you to open .fic files in every application that uses DirectShow. It will be ready soon, so be patient and stay close to our facebook page where we post information earlier than elsewhere.

Splash player

Since we received a lot of questions about Splash players and some people mention that we given up. We have great news. We reorganized our developers responsible for Splash player and they are working on next update. If you have any suggestions that you think we should include in next Splash versions let us know   at support@mirillis.com

Sweepstakes

We ended the cycle with our weekly giveaways. Last winner was Travis Elkin from Canada. We are planning new giveaways with another cool prizes (including free licenses) so stay close to our facebook page for newest info.

We often mention about our facebook page, but if you find Twitter more useful follow us or lurk our official website for more information.

Updates, Sweepstakes, Winners

Hello Fans,

Few things happened since last entry so we are sure you deserve a new one. Here's a bunch of informations that will keep you updated if you are not following our facebook page of twitter, where we post our info earlier than elsewhere.

Updates

First of all and most important we think is that Action! our gameplay and desktop recorder lived to see two updates. First to version 1.3.1 where we fixed some stability and user interface issues. Now if you will resize your Action! window it won't extend in strange way as it was happening before. We also improved our Japanese translations and we have included Japanese user manual. After few days we released a second update with the following fixes:

• 1 channel microphone sound recording fixed
• EA Syndicate - game recording fixed
• The Adventures of Tintin - fixed game recording in windowed mode

That's all about our recent updates. In our previous entry you can read about Splash update.

Sweepstakes

As you probably know, each Saturday we are giving away one Action! activation key. We started a sweepstakes where everyone have a chance to win. All you have to do is go to Mirillis officiale fanpage and fill out the form which can be found under the background photo. Our tab is called Sweepstakes with assigned image with "Get your free Action! key" slogan. Once you enter the Sweepstakes app, follow the instructions included in applications. We already have three winners, why don't you became a next one? Enter now and invite your friends to increase your winning chance.

Video of the Week has been canceled

We canceled our weekly cycle called Video of the Week that has been going on our facebook page for two months. That doesn't mean we will not be sharing great videos with you anymore. We are just dropping the weekly formula. Each time we will find a video that we think it's worth sharing with our fans we will post it on our wall. If you have a video that you think it should be posted on our wall let us know via media@mirillis.com we are waiting for your videos.

Mirillis Website

We are in the planning of changing our website. We already changed the top banner to the one which shows you what advantages Splash players or Action! gives. But we want you to help us improve our website to fit our users expectations if you have any ideas or suggestions do not hesitate to contact us via support@mirillis.com We are waiting for every tip from you!

Mirillis Team

Mirillis in Action! - Updates, Sweepstakes, new Video of the Week.

Hello Dear Fans,

few things happened since our last entry. And we promised to keep you updated as fast as we can. So here's some info you should know or you already know if you follow us on twitter or you are a fan on our facebook page.

First of all we released a minor update for Splash PRO and Splash PRO EX includes MKV stability fix, Japanese user manual added and some Japanese translation improvements. You can download newest version from below:

• Splash PRO EX 1.12.2 - http://mirillis.com/en/products/splashexport.html
• Splash PRO 1.12.2 - http://mirillis.com/en/products/splashpro.html
  

Or if you have enabled "Check for updates" in your "General Settings" you should already get a message that new version is available for download and will be ready to install after download is finished. All upgrades are free and there's absolutely no charge for them. Please have in mind that this only a minor update, we are planning a major soon to fix other things that bother you. If you have any suggestions what we should change in next update feel free to contact us via support@mirillis.com.

Second of all, and this is a great news if you have not already purchased Action! - probably the most advanced desktop and gameplay recording software. We started on our Facebook page a sweepstakes. Each Saturday we are giving away one Action! activation key for Home use.

The way to win Action! key is really easy. Go to our Facebook page and click on the Sweepstakes icon or directly click this link: Sweepstakes page. Like our page (if you haven't already), fill out the form and press Submit button. Voila! You have entered our weekly sweepstakes.
The Sweepstakes begins on each Saturday of each month at 12:00:01 AM GMT+1 and ends on the next Friday at 11:59:59 PM GMT+1

Don't worry if you missed or didn't win in the first Sweepstakes. You have always a chance to win in next one, but to increase your chance of winning in our weekly contest invite your friends to the game. The more the merrier. For each friend who you refer and will like our page and enter the Sweepstakes you will get one extra point in our Sweepstakes which increase your chance to win Action! activation key.

Already got Action! ? That's great, but wouldn't it be better if your friends could also record their gameplays and desktops? Let them know about our Sweepstakes!

The last thing I wan't to mention is that we selected next Video of the Week in our weekly contest. This VoTW goes to cerberiuse and his video from Sniper Elite where you can watch the way bullet goes from the rifle through the body. Enjoy.

As always we mention. Everyone can take part in our weekly contest. All you need to do is record your video with Action! software, properly tag it so we can easily spot it and highlight it. You can also send it to us via mirillis@mirillis.com.

See you in Action!

Mirillis Team.

Long time no see.

Hello Dear Fans!

"Long time no see" - British would say. It's been almost a month since our last entry. Here's the latest update and everything you probably know if you are our fan on facebook or follow us on twitter. If you are not, go and become one fast after reading this entry :)

This entry is about few things. First and most important of all is that we launched a Japanese version of our website. You can view it here www.mirillis.jp. With this launch, our support is now also available in Japanese language but only through the website www.mirillis.jp. The usual e-mail support@mirillis.com is still only in english.

Another sundays behind us and another Video of The Week are selected for our weekly cycle. Since we couldn't reach a contact with the authors we skipped part where we quote them about their experience with Action! software.

As the fifth Video of the Week, we have selected video recorded with Action! by aknakukac96. It's a gameplay from the new Angry Birds: Space Edition. His PC specification while recording the video wasPNY 9800GT @650/950Mhz - Intel E2160 @2.8GHZ - 3GB DDR2 RAM - Asrock P5B-DE Motherboard - Logitech Cillstream gamepad. Enjoy the video.

Sixth Video of the Week really impressed us. Bartosz222 did a really good job making this clip. Here's the video he made:

Latest video, fresh from this Sunday is a bit trick. You can guess it's either real life or Crysis game. The gaming future looks really bright with such a detailed graphics and models. We are looking forward to the next generation games. All credits for this video goes to its maker Barsathebest.

As you probably know, everyone can take part in our weekly contest. All you need to do is record your video with Action! software, properly tag it so we can easily spot it and highlight it. You can also send it to us via mirillis@mirillis.com.

Don't forget to follow us here also for further stories  and entries. Check also our newest tweets on @MirillisTeam and recent status updates on official fanpage.

Video of the Week #4

Hello everyone!

As you probably know, few weeks ago we started a new cycle called Video of the Week on our Facebook page. Every Sunday we pick one video from youtube or sent by our users to us. This week we found a video that make our crew laugh a bit :) All credits go to Wouter and his video catching bug in Battlefield 3. Here's what he said about that bug "I was minding my own business, when suddenly my left wheel hit the ocean and I started bouncing! It was like the ocean was playing badminton, and I was the shuttle :D I managed to capture the final moments :)"

Under the video we present you what Wouter told us about his experience with Action!

Hi!
First of all: I'm a big fan of your products, as I have bought every single one of them :)
One of the main reasons I use Action to record video's is that it hardly has any impact on my computer. With other recording tools the framerate is slown down noticeably even with a nice intel sandy bridge 2600k cpu. 

I usually record with 30fps in Action because the files remain a descent size that way. I do have a 2TB drive, but this way I can record a lot :)The resolution I record is 1920x1200, the full resolution of my monitor. To send the movie to youtube I used the build in youtube (HD) tool in Action. I selected the high quality setting and used the highest mbit/s (7 I believe).

At the moment I might have a sandy bridge and 16GB of ram, but my videocard is still an nVidia gtx260. I'm looking for an upgrade, perhaps the new GTX680. It's just that I'd rather have the GK110 chip instead of the GK104 in this card. 

Because I still have a gtx260 I have Battlefield 3 running on low settings. I manage to reach 60fps easily, and I like to keep it that way: I rather have a high fps than fancy graphics with low fps. 

Thanks for choosing my video!Wouter

Remember everyone have a chance to join the cycle and be highlighted! Just send us your Action! videos or share your links on our facebook wall! Don't forget to correctly tag your recordings on Youtube or other video sites! It will help us with finding all your recordings. Because apart from the fact that you send your videos to us, we are looking for you online all the time!

Don't forget to follow us here also for further stories  and entries. Check also our newest tweets on @MirillisTeam and recent status updates on official fanpage.

Mirillis Team

Video of the Week #3

Hello again,

Another Sunday is behind us and another Video of the Week has been chosen on our Facebook page. This time it's a gameplay from first mission perspective in Need For Speed: The Run recorded by blueburnHD with Action! software. First time in NFS series you can actually get out of the car and play as actual character so it's something different than all the previous series. We tried to contact author of this video for further information about his experience with Action! and his PC specifications. We didn't receive any response so this time w have to skip this part, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't watch the video. It's prime quality and shows a bit of the fun that goes along with Need For Speed: The Run. Don't forget to turn 1080p. Enjoy!

We mentioning this in every single entry, so here it is again! Everyone have a chance to join the cycle and be highlighted! Just send us your Action! videos or share your links on our facebook wall! Don't forget to correctly tag your recordings on Youtube or other video sites! It will help us with finding all your recordings. Because apart from the fact that you send your videos to us, we are looking for you online all the time!

Don't forget to follow us here also for further stories  and entries. Check also our newest tweets on @MirillisTeam and recent status updates on official fanpage.

P.S. As soon as we get any response from blueburnHD we will update this note so you can have more information about this video and his experience with Action!