Quicklook Video

This package allows OSX Finder to display thumbnails, previews and metadata for most types of video files.

QuickLook and Spotlight on OSX 10.9 and later understand a limited number of media files - mostly only MPEG audio and video codecs within MPEG container files. This package adds support for wide range of other codecs and "non-native" media file types, including .asf, .avi, .flv, .mkv, .rm, .webm, .wmf etc.

Installation

Download the .pkg file (the green button) of the latest release.
Double-click on it.
The Installer app will walk you through the installation process.

Limitations

You may experience high CPU and disk usage for a few minutes after installation while Spotlight re-indexes all of your "non-native" audio and video files.
The QuickLook "Preview" function displays a static snapshot of "non-native" video files.
Anamorphic content is always squished in QuickLook thumbnails and previews of "non-native" video files.
Interlaced content is sometimes not de-interlaced in QuickLook thumbnails and previews of "non-native" video files.
Depending on which media player app(s) you have installed Spotlight may not index the metadata in some "non-native" audio and video files.
Ogg audio and video files are not supported.
Requires OSX 10.9 or later. Use Perian for equivalent functionality under 10.8 and earlier.

Uninstall

Run the Terminal app (found in Applications -> Utilities).
Copy the following and paste into the Terminal app:

sudo rm -rf /Library/Application\ Support/QLVideo /Library/QuickLook/Video.qlgenerator /Library/Spotlight/Video.mdimporter

Press Enter.
Type your password and press Enter.

Acknowledgements

Uses the VLCKit framework from the VideoLAN organization.

Packaged using Packages.

License

Licensed under the GNU Public License (GPL) version 2 or later.