QLVideo
This package allows macOS Finder to display thumbnails, static QuickLook previews, cover art and metadata for most types of video files. (by Marginal)
Mac-QuickLook
QuickLook plugins and packages (by haokaiyang)
| QLVideo | Mac-QuickLook | |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | 3 | |
| 2,457 | 1,060 | |
| - | - | |
| 4.8 | 0.0 | |
| 7 months ago | over 2 years ago | |
| Objective-C | CSS | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
QLVideo
Posts with mentions or reviews of QLVideo.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-10.
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FINDER issue with generating video thumbnails (portrait instead of landscape)
If I recall correctly, OSX has no idea of what to do with MKV files. You'll need a plugin to fix it. This is the first one I ran across in some quick searching, and its last update is last year, so it probably still works. A plugin that adds full MKV support to the system might be out there, then they could see their videos via stuff like Finder's Quick Look...
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Is there any way to view MKV/AVI/WMV etc... on MacBook quicklook?
Here is your solution: https://github.com/Marginal/QLVideo
- How to see video thumbnails on Mac?
- Recommendations for a video file manager
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Synology-SA-22:06 Netatalk (Severity: Critical)
Apple downgraded Quick Look after Sierra so it no longer properly worked with a combo of Perian, Flip4Mac, etc. and QLVideo to expand compatible video formats near seamlessly with Quick Look.
- question: how to play MP4 in Quick Look?
- Thumbnail (Preview) of mkv files on vlc mac
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Is there a way that I can get .flv's, .webm's, etc. to play with QuickLook so that I don't have to open a media player?
There are plugins available for Quicklook. These allow you to add different media types. Maybe this will work for you: https://github.com/Marginal/QLVideo/releases/tag/rel-194
As the title says. I found QLVideo which allows Finder to preview video files as static images, but I'm hoping to be able to watch them in full like I can an .mp4.
- Why some video files like mkv don't show the duration of the videos in Finder preview or under "Get Info"?
Mac-QuickLook
Posts with mentions or reviews of Mac-QuickLook.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-10.
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FINDER issue with generating video thumbnails (portrait instead of landscape)
Here’s a link to other extensions that adds support to other file types in quick look, https://github.com/haokaiyang/Mac-QuickLook
- Preview App on macOS Ventura Drops Support for PostScript Files
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EPS not previewing in Finder since Monterey (extra context in comments)
Try to look for new replacement. Here is a list of available QuickLook plugins: https://github.com/haokaiyang/Mac-QuickLook
What are some alternatives?
When comparing QLVideo and Mac-QuickLook you can also consider the following projects:
MacOS-CSS - Next version of macos-web. made with CSS, HTML and Javascript
QLMarkdown - macOS Quick Look extension for Markdown files.
AssetCatalogTinkerer - An app that lets you open .car files and browse/extract their images.
glance - 🔎 All-in-one Quick Look plugin
quick-look-plugins - List of useful Quick Look plugins for developers
awesome-macos-command-line - Use your macOS terminal shell to do awesome things.