A rolling local buffer
Flashback continuously records short hardware-encoded segments to a managed temporary buffer on your PC.
Why Flashback
The useful part of clipping.
None of the nuisance.
Flashback is a local replay recorder for Windows 11. It keeps recent video ready in the background, saves on demand, and organizes the result—without turning recording into another social platform.
THE PRODUCT PRINCIPLE
“Be ready when the moment happens, then get out of the way.”
No accounts. No automatic uploads. No engagement loop.
What it does
A replay system,
not a recording project.
There is no need to start a recording before every match or scrub through hours of footage later. Flashback is built around the few seconds you actually want to keep.
Your global shortcut
Choose a single key or a Ctrl, Alt, Shift, or Win combination that works from a game, the desktop, or while Flashback is hidden.
A safe background export
Completed segments are assembled into a normal MP4 while the recorder immediately continues capturing.
Automatic organization
The active fullscreen game decides the folder and filename. Otherwise, the clip is filed under Desktop.
What it does better
Less friction at
every step.
Flashback is opinionated: replay capture should feel like a quiet Windows utility, not a destination you have to manage.
ExperienceFlashbackTypical clip app
Account requiredNoOften
Cloud upload requiredNeverCommon
Works with no game openYesVaries
Editable game foldersBuilt inVaries
Filename templatesBuilt inRare
Social feed and notificationsNoneCommon
Game injectionNoneVaries
Under the hood
Performance is a feature,
not a settings toggle.
Flashback uses hardware H.264 encoding and display capture that does not inject into a game. Bounded recovery handles transient capture failures, completed buffer segments are reused during export, and storage cleanup runs oldest-first at your chosen limit.
- Hardware-accelerated encoding
- 30, 60, 120, and 240 FPS capture options
- Capture recovery with bounded retries
- Local stream-copy assembly and on-demand previews
01Your displayDesktop Duplication
→02Replay bufferManaged local segments
→03Your clipOrganized MP4
Clear boundaries
Know exactly what you’re getting.
The current release targets 64-bit Windows 11 and a Media Foundation-compatible hardware encoder.
No cloud backup, accounts, social sharing, HDR output, or per-process audio in this release.
Windows SmartScreen may show a warning until public code signing is in place. A SHA-256 checksum is provided.