Author Topic: I found a better alternative to Fraps. Mirillis Action!  (Read 7810 times)

http://mirillis.com/en/products/action.html

No, it's not a crappy recorder that is balls like Hypercam or something. It's better than Fraps.
It is $30 dollars, cheaper by $7 than Fraps.

There is a free-trial for any of you who want to try it out.

Main reason why it's better;
Fraps loves to record raw footage and encode it on the go, which is why you need a pretty good system to be able to record good, and a good HDD. But Fraps always makes the files huge! Well Mirillis Action! records the raw footage, it will be a huge size, like 10 minutes can be up to 20GB, then when it encodes the video after recording with it's built-in encoding system, it can be like 300MB(Depending on what quality level you choose, and if to keep audio or not, it can get lower without audio and standard or low quality.) It will ask you to encode it in either Standard, High, or Low quality, with Audio or not and then it will go frame by frame to encode it. (**When encoding crap with ANYTHING, let your computer do it's thing, don't go browsing the internet, playing games because it causes spikes**)

So it's cheaper, has smaller file sizes, is good for weaker PC's, has a built-in encoding system that isn't on the fly like Fraps which is why Fraps demands a good computer. You can obviously also take screenshots, adjust framerate limiter, record games only, or screen, or a cropper area.

I don't know why this isn't as popular, it's so much better.

I'm downloading and I will post a video of some gameplay with it. I don't have fraps but I will try this. Thanks!

I'm downloading and I will post a video of some gameplay with it. I don't have fraps but I will try this. Thanks!

I think I will do that too, I will upload the raw footage, no edits.

Now lets se- OH SWEET JESUS.

I think I will do that too, I will upload the raw footage, no edits.

Now lets se- OH SWEET JESUS.

Not happening lol. You have to encode/export it. Otherwise your mediaplayer won't be able to open it.

Not happening lol. You have to encode/export it. Otherwise your mediaplayer won't be able to open it.

It doesn't appear to want me to press, "Start." 



God I am terrible at using this.

It doesn't appear to want me to press, "Start." 



God I am terrible at using this.

Maybe it's a free trial limitation :(

i've had the demo when it came out, it's awesome.

"Hey you can record something thats better than Fraps, but you can't upload / export any videos to Youtube!"

No

I FIGURED IT OUT

You see that arrow next to the button? Click it, then fill in your account information. It won't steal it, you have to link your youtube account.

Why not just use WINFF to convert the video? lol.

I FIGURED IT OUT

You see that arrow next to the button? Click it, then fill in your account information. It won't steal it, you have to link your youtube account.
I found that out as well, and I probably shouldn't have picked to upload it in original quality....

How do you export? When I right click I can't press export.

How do you export? When I right click I can't press export.

Make sure it stopped recording, right click the file on the left side of the program, click "Export selected file."

How the forget do I use it? I downloaded the demo,started it, when I go to blockland there is no counter thingy and pressing f9 does nothing

How the forget do I use it? I downloaded the demo,started it, when I go to blockland there is no counter thingy and pressing f9 does nothing

Open Action then when the window appears, for "Recording mode: " Click the little controller, then go in game and press F9