AKRON_FFMPEG, then Saves/AkronTools/ffmpeg. On Unix-like systems, it next checks /run/host/usr/bin/ffmpeg and then /usr/bin/ffmpeg; on other systems, it runs ffmpeg from the process path. Start recording from an open level. If Akron reports that FFmpeg did not start, install FFmpeg or set AKRON_FFMPEG to its executable path.
| Option | Control | What it does | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start Recording | Action | Start Akron’s FFmpeg-backed internal recorder using the configured resolution, framerate, codec, and container. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |
| Stop Recording | Action | Stop the active internal recording and finalize the output file. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |
| Save Replay Buffer | Action | Save the configured replay buffer window when rolling-buffer capture is available. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |
| Arm Completion Clips | Action | Configure Akron to keep a rolling replay buffer and save clear-style clips during long play sessions. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |
| Flag Completion | Action | Save the current replay-buffer window as a completion clip for the final clear video. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |
| Build Clear Video | Action | Stitch saved room-clear, checkpoint-clear, area-clear, and completion-flag clips for the current map into one video. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |
| Proof Recorder Guard | Toggle | Warn when Submission Mode is active but recording or replay buffering is not armed. The warning arms again whenever the recorder does, so stopping it again warns again. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |
| End Screen Helper | Toggle | Include end-screen metadata and sidecar output after area completion. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |
| Map Version Stamp | Toggle | Include map, room, mode, and loaded module versions in sidecar output. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |
| Journal Snapshot / Compare | Action | Write a save-file journal snapshot and compare it with the previous Akron snapshot. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |
| Framerate | Number | Recording framerate passed to the internal recorder. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |
| Endscreen Duration | Number | Seconds to keep recording after a clear before stopping event-based captures. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |
| Bitrate | Number | Target video bitrate in megabits per second for bitrate-based rate control. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |
| Resolution X | Number | Horizontal recording resolution. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |
| Resolution Y | Number | Vertical recording resolution. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |
| Hide Preview | Toggle | Keep Akron’s recorder from drawing a live capture preview surface while recording. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |
| Codec | Selector | Video encoder used by FFmpeg. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |
| Colorspace Args | Selector | Optional FFmpeg video-filter colorspace argument string. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |
| Replay Settings | Action | Configure the rolling replay buffer length and the save-buffer binding. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |
| Output | Action | Configure recorder output folder, filename template, container, remuxing, and clip-browser grouping. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |
| Audio | Action | Configure game-audio recorder tracks and per-track levels. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |
| Clip Triggers | Action | Configure event-based clip saves and pre/post-roll windows. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |
| Presets | Action | Show the selected encoder preset. Use one of the rows below to apply a preset. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |
| CPU | Action | Set Codec to x264 and Quality to Balanced. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |
| NVIDIA | Action | Set Codec to H.264 NVENC and Quality to High Quality. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |
| AMD | Action | Set Codec to H.264 AMF and Quality to High Quality. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |
Option menus
Rows with a triangle expose the controls listed below.| Option | Menu control | What it changes | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| Codec | Quality | Set simple encoder quality target before fine-tuning bitrate or rate control. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |
| Codec | Rate ctrl | Choose encoder rate-control mode for quality, file size, or lossless output. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |
| Codec | Keyframe | Set seconds between keyframes, or 0 to let the encoder decide. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |
| Codec | Dropped-frame warning | Show a warning when the recorder cannot capture frames at the configured cadence. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |
| Colorspace Args | FFmpeg -vf | Set optional FFmpeg video-filter colorspace arguments. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |
| Colorspace Args | Clear | Clear the custom filter and use FFmpeg’s default colorspace handling. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |
| Replay Settings | Start Replay Buffer | Start rolling replay capture for the current game scene. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |
| Replay Settings | Stop | Stop rolling replay capture. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |
| Replay Settings | Save | Save the current replay buffer window. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |
| Replay Settings | Buffer | Set seconds of rolling FFmpeg segments kept available for manual replay saves. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |
| Replay Settings | Auto-start | Choose whether replay capture starts manually, in levels, or everywhere. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |
| Replay Settings | Bind save key | Set the key used to save the replay buffer without opening the overlay. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |
| Replay Settings | Clear | Clear only the custom replay-buffer save binding. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |
| Output | Folder | Choose where recordings and clips are written. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |
| Output | Use default | Return the output folder to Saves/AkronRecordings. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |
| Output | Template | Configure clip filename tokens. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |
| Output | Reset template | Restore Akron’s default recorder filename template. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |
| Output | Container | Choose MKV, MP4, MOV, or WebM output container. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |
| Output | Auto remux | Keep the crash-resistant capture target and produce an MP4 share copy after recording. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |
| Output | Sort clips | Set saved clip browser grouping preference. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |
| Output | Filter clips | Set saved clip browser filter preference. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |
| Audio | Full mix track | Record the mixed game-audio track. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |
| Audio | Music track | Record an isolated music track when the backend can provide it. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |
| Audio | SFX track | Record an isolated sound-effects track when the backend can provide it. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |
| Audio | Ambience track | Record an isolated ambience track when the backend can provide it. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |
| Audio | Record muted audio | Capture game audio even when in-game playback is muted, when supported. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |
| Audio | Mix | Set full-mix recording volume percentage. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |
| Audio | Music | Set music track recording volume percentage. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |
| Audio | SFX | Set SFX track recording volume percentage. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |
| Audio | Amb | Set ambience track recording volume percentage. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |
| Clip Triggers | Last death | Auto-save a clip around the latest death trigger. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |
| Clip Triggers | Respawn to death | Auto-save clips from respawn through the next death. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |
| Clip Triggers | Room entry to clear | Auto-save clips from room entry through a clear. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |
| Clip Triggers | Checkpoint clear | Auto-save clips when a checkpoint is cleared. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |
| Clip Triggers | Berry collect | Auto-save clips when a berry is collected. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |
| Clip Triggers | Golden death | Auto-save clips when a golden attempt dies. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |
| Clip Triggers | Pre-roll | Set seconds included before event-based clip triggers. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |
| Clip Triggers | Post-roll | Set seconds included after event-based clip triggers. | Goldberry/Hardlist clear |