Soft Cinema software is written in Director and it runs on a standard PC or Mac. In order to assure the correct playback speed, a computer with a relatively fast CPU should be used (P4/1800 or G4). No other additional hardware or software is required.

Soft Cinema can be exhibited in a number of different ways, for instance:

- as a viewing station consisting from a single computer and a monitor or a projector – presented stand alone or included in a media lounge;
- as a video tape or DVD included in a screening program (a linear version);
- as an installation that consists from a few computers with projectors or monitors, each running a different version of the system (installation version).

In the installation scenario, it is desirable to show three diffirent versions of the system to demonstrate its range. One uses fixed audio track with voice over which provides narrative continuity. Another version also uses voice over but a different system of editing rules that results in a very different visual track. In the third version software assembles both video and audio. Therefore, while in the first and second version software loops through the same set of movies (each set runs for about one hour), in the third version it runs forever creating different combinations of video and audio.