QCView is a professional media player and reviewer for Windows, macOS, and Linux(experimental), built for artists, colorists, and post-production teams who need accurate, color-managed playback of video, EXR, and image sequences.
Signed and notarized .dmg available from GitHub Releases. Requires macOS 13.0 (Ventura) or later on Apple Silicon.
.deb and .rpm packages are available from GitHub Releases. The Linux build uses Vulkan for rendering and has been tested on Kubuntu with KDE Plasma 6 (Wayland).
- Hardware-accelerated video decoding — D3D11VA on Windows, VideoToolbox on macOS, VA-API on Linux — with FFmpeg software fallback
- HDR output: HDR10 (PQ/ST.2084) on Windows/Linux, Extended Dynamic Range (EDR) on macOS
- Frame-accurate stepping with press-and-hold fast forward/rewind
- Playlists and hover thumbnails with filmstrip view
- Embedded timecode support
- Audio playback with tempo-preserving time stretch (WASAPI on Windows, CoreAudio on macOS, PipeWire on Linux)
- OpenEXR with multichannel and multipart support
- TIFF, PNG, and JPEG sequence playback
- Automatic pipeline mode selection based on bit depth
- Live OCIO color correction with a node-based interface
- Bundled OCIO configs: ACES 2.0, Blender 5.1, ACES 1.3
- Linear sRGB and linear P3 EDR display outputs for macOS HDR workflows
- Multiple pipeline modes: 8-bit, 12-bit, 16-bit float
- Screenshots with OCIO transforms applied
- Annotation and notes system with drawing, line smoothing, and screenshot illustrations
- Dual-view comparison mode
- Title-safety guides for broadcast and social-media deliverables
- Live background switching for alpha-channel review
- Frame.io comment integration
- Adobe project metadata import
- Custom project files (.qcv, .qcvproj, .qcvexr)
qcview://URI scheme for sharing file paths
| Windows | macOS | Linux (Experimental) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPU | Direct3D 11 | Metal | Vulkan |
| HW Decode | D3D11VA | VideoToolbox | VA-API + DMA-BUF |
| Audio | WASAPI | CoreAudio | PipeWire |
| HDR | Automatic via DXGI | EDR (Extended Dynamic Range) | Toggleable in-app |
| Packaging | Microsoft Store / .exe installer | Signed .dmg | .deb / .rpm |
QCView is open source under the GPL v3 license.