Hop Clipper

Hop Clipper records your screen in the background and keeps only the last minute. Pressing F8 saves the end of that as a clip. Saving is instant, because nothing is encoded again.

Shortcuts

Keys	Action
F8	Save the last 15 seconds, 30 seconds or minute
Ctrl + Shift + F8	Quit Hop Clipper

Important

Hop Clipper only records while it is running. If you quit it, F8 does nothing until you start it again.

Leave Start Hop Clipper with Windows on in the installer if you want clips to always be ready.

What it records

• The whole screen at up to 1080p 120 fps, fullscreen games included.
• System audio.
• The mouse cursor, unless you turn it off.

It is light on the GPU, so games keep their frame rate.

Warning

120 fps needs a strong PC and a screen of 120 Hz or more. On a PC with 4 CPU threads or fewer, or less than 8 GB of RAM, Hop Clipper starts at 30 fps instead of 60.

Full recordings

For something longer than a clip, use the record button on Hop Island, or start and stop a recording from the tray menu.

Tray menu

Right-click the bunny in the system tray to save a clip, start or stop a recording, open the clips folder, check for updates, or quit.

Settings

Hop Clipper's settings are in Hop Island's settings app. These are the defaults, and Settings and Shortcuts explains each one:

Setting	Default	Options
Clip length	30 seconds	15 seconds, 30 seconds, 1 minute
Frame rate	60 fps	30, 60, 120 fps
Quality	High	Best, High, Small
Clips folder	Videos\Hop Clips	Any folder
Watermark	On	On, Off
Save sound	On	On, Off
Cursor in clips	On	On, Off
Island in clips	On	On, Off
Saved pop-up in clips	Off	On, Off

The watermark is drawn while recording, which is what keeps saving instant. Turning it off applies to what is recorded from then on.