Segra vs Wisp

Segra records PC gameplay in the background so players can save moments, edit clips, and upload them to share. A hotkey bookmarks moments for later. In supported games, it can detect kills, assists, and deaths, then combine kills into a highlight video; automatic clipping is available for selected games. Segra says it can record any game that runs on a PC, at up to 4K and 144 FPS. It offers multiple recording modes and GPU encoding. The project README lists H.264, HEVC, and AV1 encoding, support for multiple audio devices and separate audio tracks, and microphone noise suppression. Segra is free and open source under GPLv2. Its Free plan is free. Windows builds are listed for Windows 10/11 (x64), with a minimum requirement of Windows 10 64-bit version 1903 or newer. Linux support is early alpha, and the README warns that it may fail to start or have missing or broken features.

Wisp is free Windows software for recording game clips from a rolling screen-and-audio buffer. It can buffer continuously or while a game runs, then save the recent footage in under a second after a hotkey press. Pressing the hotkey again while a clip is fresh chains another segment and marks the join. Kill detection uses official local APIs for League of Legends and CS2, with experimental on-screen detection for Valorant and Overwatch 2. Capture uses Windows Graphics Capture, with Desktop Duplication and GDI fallbacks, and hardware encoding on NVIDIA, AMD, and Intel GPUs. System audio and microphone input can be mixed independently, while Discord and similar voice chat can be isolated to another track. An optional voice trigger runs a bundled speech model locally without internet access. The browser shows thumbnails, duration, and file size, and supports playback, search, sorting, renaming, and deletion. Plugins can add themes, overlays, markers, export layers, and actions.