About Screen

Screen 1.9.0

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.