QuickLook Video

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  "desc": "Thumbnails, static previews, cover art and metadata for video files",
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  "github_readme_excerpt": "QuickLook Video\n===============\nThis app allows macOS Finder to display thumbnails/cover art, QuickLook previews, and metadata for\nmost types of audio and video files.\n\nQuickLook, AVFoundation and Spotlight understand a limited number of media files - mostly only MPEG\naudio and video codecs within MPEG container files. This app adds support for wide range of other\ncodecs and \"non-native\" media file types, including:\n\n* File formats: Matroska `.mka`, `.mkv`, WebM `.webm`, Windows Media `.wma`, `.wmv`,\n  Ogg Video `.ogm`, `.ogv`, AVI `.avi`, QuickTime `.mov`, Flash Video `.flv`, `.f4v`,\n  Real Media `.ra`, `.rm`, `.rv`, SMPTE `.gxf`, `.mxf`.\n* Audio codecs: Vorbis, Windows Media Audio, WavPak, ATRAC, etc.\n* Video codecs: VP6, VP8, VP9, AV1, HEVC/H.265, VVC/H.266, Dolby Vision, Theora, DXV, HAP, Sorenson,\n  Cinepak, AIC, Flash, Real Video, DivX, Intel Indeo, QuickTime animation, etc.\n\nHow does it work?\n-----------------\nThe app contains a Spotlight extension that adds support for non-native file formats, and two Media\nExtensions that add support to AVFoundation for non-native file formats and video codecs.\n\n(Long-time Mac users may remember [Perian](https://www.perian.org) which performed a similar\nfunction with the QuickTime framework before QuickTime was replaced by AVFoundation).\n\nInstallation and Usage\n----------------------\nSee [Getting Started](https://github.com/Marginal/QLVideo/wiki/Getting-Started).\n\nTroubleshooting\n---------------\nSee the [troubleshooting guide](https://github.com/Marginal/QLVideo/wiki/Troubleshooting) if you have any problems.\n\n\u003cimg src=\"img/finder.jpeg\" alt=\"Finder\" width=\"517\"/\u003e \u0026nbsp; \u003cimg src=\"img/info.jpeg\" alt=\"Finder Info\" width=\"271\"/\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"img/preview.jpeg\" alt=\"QuickLook preview\" width=\"879\"/\u003e\n\nLicense\n-------\nCopyright \u00a9 2014-2026 Jonathan Harris.\n\nLicensed under the [GNU Public License (GPL)](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html) version 2 or later.\n",
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  "why_use_this": "If you work with video files in less common formats (Matroska, WebM, AV1, VP9, etc.), this free open-source extension makes them visible in Finder with proper thumbnails and QuickLook previews instead of generic icons. It\u0027s a spiritual successor to Perian and fills a gap that macOS leaves for non-native codecs."
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