Saturday, April 4, 2015

Get video thumbnails in OS X Finder for AVI, MKV, etc...

It bothered me a bit that thumbnails for some video files I had would not show up in Finder. Finder would only create thumbnails for video formats/containers that Quicktime supports by default (such as MPEG-4). But there is a way to get around that with the open-source application QLVideo found on GitHub. Once you install that and reboot, thumbnails will start showing up for your videos.


I have been using this with OS X Yosemite 10.10 successfully.



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17 comments:

  1. Randy ReichardtAugust 15, 2015 at 7:23 PM

    Thank you for this post. It solved my problem immediately, much appreciated.

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  2. UnknownDecember 3, 2015 at 11:10 PM

    I have been searching for a fix for this problem for months, and I am so glad I stumbled upon this because it actually works!! Thank you so much!

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  3. AdilApril 18, 2016 at 4:20 PM

    Thank You

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  4. PulseMay 7, 2016 at 12:08 PM

    thanks!

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  5. xmanSeptember 21, 2016 at 2:44 PM

    You are a fucking genius. I had had this problem for years and now its gone. Serioulsly, if you ever need a kidney just call me.

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  6. UnknownMarch 22, 2018 at 4:10 AM

    Working fine with macOS Sierre. Thanks a lot!

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  7. UnknownApril 3, 2018 at 10:34 AM

    Thanks man!

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  8. DJJuly 8, 2018 at 6:04 PM

    Worked like a charm after relaunching Finder! Thanks a lot for your time & effort...

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  9. FilippoOctober 16, 2018 at 5:57 PM

    It even works with new MacOS Mojave. Good job man ;-)

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    Unfortunately, this version 1.92 does not work on MacOS Catalina 10.15.

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