![]() I store my library on an external NAS, and when its disks have spun down it takes a few seconds to wake up. Recently viewed clips populate the right side complete with a thumbnail and a “Show in Finder” arrow. Launch Screen and the “Welcome to Screen” window appears instantly: ![]() These all have weedy little GPUs (Intel integrated on the minis, a GeForce GT 650 M on the MacBook Pro) and aren’t the sort of thing you’d normally try to run heavy-duty media apps on. I tested Screen versions 1.0.4 through 1.0.10 on a 2018 6-core i7 Mac mini hooked to a 4K display, a 2012 4-core i7 Mac mini, and a 2013 4-core i7 MacBook Pro, all running macOS 10.14.6. Some video formats require macOS 10.14.5 or later. Screen requires macOS 10.13 or later and a Metal-compatible Mac. They build tools they need themselves, and it shows: even at this early stage of development, Screen is an immensely useful and thoughtfully designed program. Video Village consists of Greg Cotten, a cinematographer / programmer, and Wil Gieseler, a programmer / filmmaker. Screen is from Video Village, the folks behind the Lattice swiss-army-knife LUT utility. ![]() Screen isn’t even a month old, yet updates are coming fast and furious: ten so far, and probably more by the time you’re reading this. It’s a fast, flexible, and elegant player with copious keyboard shortcuts, NLE-style transport controls, LUT support, transcoded and resized exports, and other features focused on the needs of shooters, DITs, and editors. Screen is a macOS-native “video player for video people”. ![]()
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