Reference
Settings
Every Clink setting by tab, the tray menu, notifications and command-line options.
Clink's window has these tabs: Capture, Clips, Screenshots, Alerts and App. In a narrow window there is also a Library tab. Defaults are in bold where they matter.
Capture
| Setting | Default |
|---|---|
| Monitor (click it on the map) | Primary monitor |
| Resolution | 1080p |
| FPS | 60 |
| Bitrate | 20 Mbps |
| Codec | H.264 |
| Size target | None |
| Replay length | 45 s |
| Capture cursor | On |
| Audio tracks: Mix (always on), Game, Mic, Voice chat, Desktop | Game and Mic on; Voice chat and Desktop off |
| Recording mode | Only while a game or custom app is running (or Always (whenever Clink runs)) |
| Custom apps (always count as a game, windowed or not) | Empty |
| Click sound | On |
The HOTKEYS section has Clip now, the main hotkey (Alt C), More hotkeys and Add hotkey. See Saving clips and Audio tracks.
A line on this tab reports the state of the Windows yellow border. See the FAQ.
Clips
| Setting | Default |
|---|---|
| Local clips folder (clips are always written here first) | Videos\Clink |
| Archive location (NAS share, drive or folder) | Empty |
| Move clips there automatically | Off |
Buttons: Browse…, Test and Archive now…. When you turn on Move clips there automatically, set Move clips older than a number of days, or when the local folder exceeds a number of GB, whichever comes first.
Screenshots
| Setting | Default |
|---|---|
| Screenshots folder | Empty (a Screenshots folder in your clips folder) |
| Copy the image to the clipboard | On |
| Show a magnifier while choosing the area | On |
| After capture | Save only |
| Upload every screenshot to Copium automatically | Off |
| Copy the link to the clipboard after uploading | On |
See Screenshots.
Alerts
| Setting | Default |
|---|---|
| Position | Bottom right |
| Clip saved | On, 7 s |
| Shared (link copied) | On, 4 s |
| Recording started | On, 4 s |
| Screenshot saved | On, 6 s |
| Status dot on the captured monitor | Off (position: top right) |
Each notification has its own switch, a duration of 1 to 30 seconds, and a Preview button. Hovering a notification keeps it open. Position can be top left, top, top right, left, right, bottom left, bottom or bottom right, on the captured monitor. The Recording started switch also covers Recording saved and the pause and resume notices.
Reset "Don't show again" shows the yellow border notice and the delete clip pop-up again, if you dismissed them.
Problem notices don't follow these switches. Over a game they appear as Clink notifications, otherwise as Windows notifications. Notifications don't appear in your clips.
App
| Setting | Default |
|---|---|
| Clips (feature) | On |
| Screenshots (feature) | On |
| Allow cloud sharing (Copium uploads for clips and screenshots) | On |
| Theme | Dark (or Light) |
| Accent | Spark (one of six colours) |
| Install updates automatically (checks every 6 hours) | On |
| Run at startup | Off |
- Features. Turning Clips off stops the recorder and hides the Clips and Library tabs. The last feature that is on can't be turned off.
- Allow cloud sharing. Turn it off on a work or shared PC to hide sharing buttons and stop uploads. See Share to Copium.
- Copium. Sign in, or use an API token. I have Copium+ (bigger uploads) is off by default.
- Updates. Check now looks for an update; Update appears when one is downloaded. See Updates.
- Run at startup. Starts Clink in the tray when you sign in to Windows.
- Settings. Open folder opens the folder holding
settings.json, the clip index and the log. If Clink finds another copy's settings, Use those settings or Dismiss appears. - Third-party notices lists the software Clink includes.
Tray menu
Right-click the Clink icon in the tray. A left click shows the window.
- A status line
- Clip now
- Take screenshot (when Screenshots is on)
- Edit last screenshot (when Screenshots is on)
- Start recording or Stop recording
- Share last clip
- Show Clink
- Pause recording or Resume recording
- Open clips folder
- Update Clink, or Update to a version, when an update is downloaded
Import settings saved <time> (<app> copy)…, only when another copy's settings are found- Quit
Where a hotkey is set, it is shown in brackets after the item.
Command line
Run these with Clink.exe, for example from a script or a Stream Deck button.
| Option | What it does |
|---|---|
--clip | Save the replay now. If Clink isn't running, it starts in the tray and says there was nothing to save yet. |
--record | Start or stop a manual recording. If Clink is starting, the command waits up to 30 seconds. |
--share-last | Share the newest clip |
--trim-last | Open the trim editor on the newest clip |
--screenshot | Take a screenshot |
--screenshot-edit-last | Edit the last screenshot |
--screenshot-edit followed by a PNG path | Edit that file |
--show | Show the window |
--minimized | Start in the tray |
--no-update | Start without installing a downloaded update |