Changing the preview screen shot in cover flow

faylinks · faylinks #1 (**permalink**)

01-11-2010, 08:12 PM

Hey there, just wondering if you can change the preview image in cover flow in finder.

I have a folder with movies, and it shows a preview of the movie, but it happens to be black or the company titles for these movies.

I can change the icon(using ctr i), but not the screen grab it shows as the preview in cover flow.

If i can just move the screen grab 20 seconds into the .mp4s i can have a effective preview.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

toMACsh · toMACsh #2 (**permalink**)

01-12-2010, 08:42 AM

My thought is to find software to edit the .mp4 files.

I doubt if there is a way built in to the OS to "shift" the preview. There might be a hack to do this I suppose.

stingray · stingray #3 (**permalink**)

01-12-2010, 09:26 AM

I recently downloaded a program called MetaX for the same reason you are wanting. It lets you edit the ID Tags on the .m4v files. I haven't tried it on any other file type, but I think .mp4 and .m4v are basically the same type/kind of file.

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faylinks #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 03, 2008 Posts: 2	01-11-2010, 08:12 PM Hey there, just wondering if you can change the preview image in cover flow in finder. I have a folder with movies, and it shows a preview of the movie, but it happens to be black or the company titles for these movies. I can change the icon(using ctr i), but not the screen grab it shows as the preview in cover flow. If i can just move the screen grab 20 seconds into the .mp4s i can have a effective preview. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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toMACsh #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 30, 2009 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 4,807 Mac Specs: Mac Mini Core 2 Duo	01-12-2010, 08:42 AM My thought is to find software to edit the .mp4 files. I doubt if there is a way built in to the OS to "shift" the preview. There might be a hack to do this I suppose.
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