Play it Cool is a QuickTime movie player and simple movie editor.
It is a ‘fat application’ — it contains code for both 680x0 Mac and Power Mac computers. It plays all types of QuickTime movies. It is Shareware, and may be freely distributed.
Requirements
68020 Macintosh — 68040 or PowerPC preferred.
Hard disk (any size).
1 MB available RAM — 4 MB preferred.
System 7.0 — System 7.5.x preferred.
QuickTime 1.6 — Version 2.1 preferred.
Sound Manager 3.1 is also preferable.
Smoothest Movie-Playing
Smoothest movie-playing of any movie player because:
- PowerPC native application using QuickTime PowerPlug
- Sets monitor to best depth
- Loads movie into RAM
- ‘Prerolls’ movie — i.e. loads the start of a movie for smooth playback
Stage Option
Increases movie performance because:
- Ignores background applications
- Blacks out all attached monitors
- Uses hardware scaling if supported
Movie Editing
- Cut
- Copy
- Paste
- Add
- Add Scaled
- Can add sound to video-only movies and vice-versa.
Creates Movie-Applications
- These are self-playing movies which are double-clickable from the desktop.
- The desktop is blacked-out and the movie is played at optimal speed.
- User-definable text is shown before the movie plays.
Playback Options
- Play up to 5 times normal speed, forward or reverse
- Loop
- Loop Back and Forth
- Play Selection Only
- Play Every Frame
- Mute Sound
Save Movie Options
- Save with dependencies
- Save self-contained
- Save playable on non-Macintosh computers
Other Features
- Opens movies from the game “Myst”
- Recompress Movie
- Compress Picture
- Export Soundtrack as AIFF
- Copy Frame as PICT
- Printing
- Movie Information
- Real-time movie data (time code, frame number and frames per second)
- Preferences
- Balloon Help
Play it Cool is Shareware.
You may use Play it Cool on a trial basis for 3 weeks. If, after that time, you like it and decide to keep it, please register by using the “Register” program that comes with Play it Cool. For instructions, read the accompanying file “How to Register Play it Cool”.
When you register, you receive a registration number which will work with current and all future versions. Registration:
• removes the Shareware notice at startup,
• enables you to save movies,
• enables you to copy movies between applications,
• enables you to open up to 20 movies at a time,
• enables you to build Movie-Applications from edited movies.
Please support Shareware and register your copy!
Bug reports, suggestions, questions and comments are welcome.