Quick start
Ctrl+Alt+C. The last 30 seconds save to Videos\clippy.🎤 Recording microphone & game audio
By default clippy records video only. Audio is two separate, independent tracks so one can never stall the other. To turn them on, open Settings and scroll to the AUDIO (optional) section:
Microphone (your voice)
2. In Audio device, pick your mic from the dropdown. If it's empty, click the ? button next to it to rescan devices. You can also type a name manually if yours isn't listed.
3. Leave blank = no mic track.
Game / desktop audio (what you hear)
Capture settings
| Setting | What it does | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Buffer length | How many seconds are always kept in the rolling replay buffer. The hotkey saves this much. 15 / 30 / 60 / 120 | 30s |
| Framerate | Capture fps. Higher = smoother but more CPU/GPU. 30 / 60 / 120 | 60 |
| Display to capture | Which monitor to record (0 = primary). | 0 |
| Encoder | Video encoder. auto picks the best available GPU encoder (NVENC → QuickSync → AMF), falling back to CPU libx264. auto recommended | auto |
| Quality (CQ/CRF) | Constant-quality value. Lower = better + bigger files. 16 ≈ pristine, 28 ≈ small. | 23 |
| Downscale to 1080p | If your display is bigger than 1080p, cap the recording at 1080p to save resources. | off |
Hotkey
| Save-clip hotkey | The global key combo that saves a clip from the buffer — works inside fullscreen games. Format examples: Ctrl+Alt+C, Shift+F9, Numpad0. Default Ctrl+Alt+C. |
Storage & options
| Save folder | Where clips are written. Default Videos\clippy. Use … to browse. |
| Arm capture on startup | Start recording the moment clippy opens. |
| Minimize to tray on close | The X hides clippy to the system tray instead of quitting (so it keeps recording). Right-click the tray icon → Exit to really quit. |
Auto-clip & game integrations
In the AUTO-CLIP section, enable it and pick a Game / method. clippy watches for in-game events and saves clips automatically while armed:
| Method | How it works |
|---|---|
| auto recommended | Detects the running game (by its window) and switches method automatically. Falls back to OCR when nothing known is running. |
| OCR (The Finals / Hunt) | Reads the screen for trigger words (e.g. eliminated, you died). Use a small Scan region on the kill feed and short, distinctive words for best results. Hit Test now to see what it reads. |
| War Thunder | Polls the game's local telemetry server localhost:8111. Reliably gives match start/end; the 8111 feed is telemetry, not clean kill events. Start a match → Test now to see the live payload and tune an optional trigger regex. |
| DayZ | Tails your newest .RPT/.log in real time and fires on a regex (e.g. killed|died). Only works if your server writes combat to the client log — Test will show what's there. |
| Valorant | Reads the local lockfile + presence. Riot's local API exposes match lifecycle (start/end), not real-time kills/deaths. |
Timing: scan every (ms) = how often to look; cooldown (sec) = minimum gap between clips from the same trigger (prevents spam while a death screen lingers).
Sharing a clip
2. clippy copies a temporary link (e.g.
clippy.neuro-net.net/d/AB3XZ) to your clipboard and shows it in the speech bubble.3. Send that link to a friend. They open it in a browser → the clip streams straight from your PC (peer-to-peer) → they can play it and download it.
How it works (the geeky bits)
- Replay buffer: clippy (via the bundled FFmpeg) continuously captures the screen with DXGI Desktop Duplication (
ddagrab) into rotating ~2-second segments. Old segments are auto-deleted so only the last buffer length is ever kept. - Save: the hotkey copies the relevant segments out of the live buffer, then muxes them (video + any audio tracks) into an
.mp4with+faststart. - Audio: mic and desktop audio are captured by separate processes/streams and aligned by segment index at save time, so neither can stall the others.
- Encoding: GPU-accelerated where possible (NVENC/QuickSync/AMF), CPU libx264 fallback.
- Updates: clippy checks this site on launch and applies a small delta patch (only the changed bytes) on next launch.
- Sharing: a hidden WebView2 page speaks WebRTC; a signaling relay on this server pairs you with the viewer; coturn (TURN/STUN) handles NAT traversal.
Troubleshooting
“Windows protected your PC” (SmartScreen)
The installer isn't code-signed (a code-signing certificate costs ~$300/yr). It's safe — click More info → Run anyway. It's delivered over HTTPS from this site.
No video / black clip
Make sure the right Display to capture is set and that clippy is armed (green dot, “REC ARMED”). Some exclusive-fullscreen games may not capture — try borderless/windowed mode.
No audio in clips
Re-check the audio section: mic needs a device picked; desktop audio needs its checkbox on. Clips have two separate tracks (game first, mic second) — your player must support multi-track (most do).
Auto-clip never fires
Use the method's Test now button to confirm data is reachable / readable, and tune the trigger words/regex. For OCR, shrink the Scan region to the kill feed and use short, distinctive words.
Share link won't open / download stalls
Keep clippy running and armed. If the friend is on a very strict network, the TURN relay kicks in (slower). They need a modern browser.
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