QCView
QCView is a professional media player and reviewer for Windows, macOS, and Linux (Debian/Wayland), built for artists, colorists, and post-production teams who need accurate, color-managed playback of video, EXR, and image sequences.
Key Features
Playback
- Hardware-accelerated video decoding — D3D11VA on Windows, VideoToolbox on macOS, VA-API on Linux
- 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
Image Sequences
- OpenEXR with multichannel and multipart support
- TIFF, PNG, and JPEG sequence playback
- Automatic pipeline mode selection based on bit depth
Color
- Live OCIO color correction with a node-based interface
- Bundled OCIO configs: ACES 2.0, Blender 5.1, ACES 1.3
- Linear EDR display outputs for macOS HDR workflows
- Multiple pipeline modes: 8-bit, 12-bit, 16-bit float
- Screenshots with OCIO transforms applied
Review Tools
- 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
Project Support
- Adobe project metadata import
- Custom project files (.qcv, .qcvproj, .qcvexr)
qcview://URI scheme for sharing file paths
Documentation
Use the sidebar to browse the full manual, including installation, playback basics, color management, annotations, and more.
Links
QCView is open source under the GPL v3 license.