Play it Cool 3.11 is a QuickTime and QuickTime VR movie player and simple movie editor.
It plays all types of QuickTime movies, including mov, Midi, MPEG, AVI, VCD and QuickTime VR movies. It also opens many image formats, like PICT, TIFF, GIF, JPEG and PNG; and sound formats, like snd, AIFF, WAV and AU. QuickTime 3 is required to open some of these formats.
It is a ‘fat application’ — it is optimised for both 680x0 and PowerPC Macintoshes.
It is Shareware, and may be freely distributed.
Minimum Requirements
68020 Macintosh
1 MB available hard disk space
1.5 MB available RAM
System 7.0
QuickTime 1.6
Preferred
PowerPC Macintosh
Ample hard disk space
More than 4 MB available RAM
Mac OS 8.5
QuickTime 3.0.2 — available from http://www.apple.com/quicktime/
QuickTime VR 2.1 — also available from the above address
Smoothest Movie-Playing
Smoothest movie-playing of any movie player because it:
- is a PowerPC native application using QuickTime PowerPlug
- Loads movie into RAM
- ‘Prerolls’ movie — i.e. loads the start of a movie for smooth playback
Stage Option
Increases movie performance because:
- Background applications are ignored
- All attached monitors are blanked out
- The monitor’s resolution and depth can be changed to their most appropriate settings
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
- The monitor’s resolution and depth can be changed to their most appropriate settings
- 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 All Frames
- Mute Sound
Save Movie Options
- Save with dependencies
- Save self-contained
- Save playable on non-Mac OS computers
Other Features
- Detailed movie information
- Realtime movie data (time code, frame number and frames per second)
- Jog and shuttle controls
- Supports QuickTime VR
- Can recompress movies
- Can compress pictures
- Can export sounds
- Can copy frames as PICT
- Printing
- Preferences
- Balloon help
- Platinum interface
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. 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 enables you to remove the “Shareware” notice at startup (no more clicking ‘Not Yet’) and save preferences (so that your settings are saved for next time).
Please support Shareware and register your copy!
Bug reports, suggestions, questions and comments are welcome.