Source: [Screen 1.9.0](https://videovillage.com/screen/releases/1.9.0/)

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# Screen 1.9.0
Released November 15, 2026

**Important:** Requires macOS 12.4 or later.

### Features

- Added **Stereo 3D** playback: view either eye, compare both eyes, or pair separate eye clips. Supports MV-HEVC, multiview OpenEXR, and dual-track ProRes 422. Dual-track ProRes requires macOS 14 or later.
- Added **Blackmagic video output** for sending 10-bit SDR or HDR video to DeckLink and UltraStudio devices, including stereoscopic 3D output. Audio uses the Mac’s audio output and may not stay in sync with external video.
- Added full/limited range and Dolby Vision profile, level, and compatibility fields to the Info inspector.
- Added a map showing where a video was recorded, when GPS metadata is available.
- Reorganized the Info inspector into **Basic Info** , **Metadata** , and **Location** tabs, with copy commands for individual metadata values or the complete report.
- Added native window tabs for clips, opened with **File → New Tab…**.
- Added **Float on Top** to keep a video window above other apps.
- Added an option to keep the window size fixed: turn off **Resize Window to Fit Video**.
- Added custom crop and pixel aspect ratios in the Sizing inspector.
- Added F-key and picture double-click shortcuts for toggling full screen.
- Playback now continues at the same speed and direction after timeline clicks, scrubbing, and long steps. Seeking while paused keeps playback paused.
- Added a Runtime display showing elapsed and total running time.
- Added optional media-key and macOS Now Playing controls.
- Added a searchable keyboard-shortcut reference, opened with ?.
- Added controls in General settings for choosing which viewing settings Screen remembers for each video.
- Added default input and output LUT settings in Color settings.
- Added VVC/H.266 and APV video decoding.
- Added OpenEXR support for HTJ2K, LJ2K, and Zstandard compression.
- Added **Share Current Frame…** to share a frame through the macOS share sheet.
- You can now drag source clips from playlists into Finder or other apps.
- Added in-app feedback and support requests.

### Improvements

- Reorganized Settings into sidebar panes.
- **Apply Current Settings** now copies all viewing settings or selected groups to a selection or playlist.
- Clips with saved settings open faster.
- Selecting and moving large playlist selections is faster.
- Made the Export window more compact, with clearer progress and completion messages.
- Added Dock progress indicators for exports and downloads.
- Safari’s **Play in Screen** action is now available on more websites and when you right-click a video.
- Various improvements to Play Movie from URL.
- Clearer messages explain why local videos cannot open and how to recover.
- The app menu now shows when an update is being checked, downloaded, or prepared.
- The updater now offers release notes when Screen is already up to date.

### Color Accuracy

- Corrected ARRI LogC4 and ACEScc conversions below zero.
- Corrected Canon Log 2 conversions below black.
- Updated RED Log3G10 below zero to follow RED’s published curve.
- ARRI LogC3 conversions now use ARRI’s exact constants.
- Sony S-Log2 conversions now use Sony’s formula.
- Corrected the Rec. 709 camera curve’s exponent to 0.45.
- Fixed invalid results from PQ and Hybrid Log-Gamma below zero, and from Cineon far below black.

### Fixes

#### Playback and audio

- Photos videos dropped onto the Dock now open as video instead of still images.
- Frame steps and repeated jumps now land on the requested frame.
- Fixed jumps by seconds landing at the wrong position in variable-frame-rate videos.
- Corrected drop-frame timecode at 59.94 and 119.88 fps.
- Fixed crashes after invalid timecode or frame-number entries.
- Fixed incorrect playback of multichannel PCM audio.
- Fixed missing audio at the ends of RAW clips.
- Fixed Screen forgetting the selected audio output at startup.
- Fixed saved decoder quality settings being lost when reopening clips.
- Fixed crashes when the RED decoder could not open an R3D or NEV file.
- Fixed picture layout in windows wider than the video.

#### LUTs

- Fixed opening 3D EXR LUTs without layout labels.
- Fixed Cube files ignoring an input range written before the LUT size.
- Fixed excessive memory use and crashes from invalid Cube sizes.
- Fixed a hang when updating LUT menus.
- Fixed copied camera LUTs disappearing after a restart.

#### Playlists

- Fixed offline clips losing saved settings after a playlist save.
- Fixed playlists showing as saved after a failed save.
- Fixed relative media paths when saving a playlist to another folder.
- Fixed Undo and Redo restoring the wrong clip order in sorted playlists.
- Playlist drops now select the clips just added.

#### Exporting

- Screenshots dragged into browsers and other apps now arrive as usable images.
- Fixed barcode previews showing samples out of order or finishing too early.
- Barcode exports now respect crop and decoder settings.
- Fixed barcode exports producing the wrong image dimensions.
- Cancelled queued exports no longer start later.
- Movie and barcode exports no longer overwrite other open source clips.
- Image exports replace an existing file only after the new image is ready.

#### Markers

- Fixed marker edits being lost after changing videos, saving, or closing.
- CSV marker imports now report invalid rows and missing required columns.
- Resolve marker imports now preserve multiline notes and blank lines.

#### Inspectors

- Detached inspectors now stay in place.

## Also released that day

- [Lattice 1.11.0](https://videovillage.com/lattice/releases/1.11.0/)

## Screen

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Latest: 1.9.0 · [Release Notes](https://videovillage.com/screen/releasenotes)

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Requires macOS 12.4 or later.

Runs natively on Intel and Apple Silicon Macs.

Certain formats require [Apple Pro Video Formats](https://support.apple.com/downloads/Pro-Video-Formats) to be installed.
