Questions,answered.

It records your game in the background and keeps the last 30 seconds to 5 minutes in memory. When something good happens, press Alt+F8 and that stretch is saved as a clip. Then trim it, pick the audio and paste it into Discord.

Yes.

It's built not to. Retake records with the video encoder built into your graphics card (NVIDIA, AMD or Intel), so recording costs your game almost nothing. Without one it falls back to a software encoder, which uses more CPU.

No. Retake is Windows only: Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit.

Most. Retake finds known games, games in your Steam, Epic and Riot folders, and fullscreen 3D apps on its own. You can add any game from its .exe, or turn recording off for one. Anti-cheat and unusual renderers can interfere; if a game's clips come out black or frozen, turn on compatibility mode.

Yes. The save hotkey works even in games that block normal hotkeys. You can rebind it in one click.

As long as you choose: the last 30 seconds, 1, 2 or 5 minutes, or a custom length. Saving doesn't stop recording.

60, 120, 144 or 240 FPS, so 144 Hz and 240 Hz players get clips that match their screen.

It depends on clip length, frame rate and quality, and Settings shows you the number. High quality at 1080p60 with a 1-minute clip is typically a few hundred MB.

Not yet.

As plain MP4 files in a folder you choose, sorted into a folder per game. You can change the folder any time, and Retake offers to move your existing clips, favorites included.

Yes. Game, your mic and voice chat are recorded on separate tracks. In the player, listen to each one, set their levels or mute them, and export exactly what you heard.

Not unless you want them. Game audio comes only from the game. Recording everything else on the PC is an optional, separate track.

Export it with the Discord preset, which keeps it under 10 MB, then Copy and paste it into Discord. You can also copy a clip straight from the library.

The installer isn't signed yet, so Windows SmartScreen shows a warning. Click More info, then Run anyway.

Not yet. Download new versions from the download page.