

Replace with an integer value of 0 to 100, indicating the percentage into the duration of the movie. To change the hidden preferences value, open up Terminal.app and type in:ĭefaults write de.wfs-apps.neofinder MovieStillFrame Of course, there is a hidden setting to control that value, if you need a different frame. Instead runs into about 20% of the complete duration of a movie, and grabs a frame from there. NeoFinder doesn't simply grab the first frame of a movie, because that one is usually either black or otherwise boring, and NeoFinder doesn't do boring. Insta360 ".insv" video files can also be cataloged if ffmpeg is installed. Unfortunately, macOS will not automatically do that for you. usr/sbin/softwareupdate -install-rosetta -agree-to-license If your ffmpeg doesn't run when double clicked, use this command line in Terminal to install Rosetta: On M1 and M2 Macs, you may need to install Rosetta, as currently, ffmpeg is not yet natively available for ARM chips. Select the ffmpeg file you have installed in the NeoFinder folder, and use the context menu to " Open " it once. If you use macOS 10.14 and newer, you have to manually "open" the ffmpeg file once, as it probably won't be "notarized" and macOS will not open it.


It would be nice if ffmpeg could simply come included with NeoFinder already, but the very restrictive GPL licensing of ffmpeg very much prevents this. Place the ffmpeg file in there, so that NeoFinder can start using it.

This will normally show you the NeoFinder folder in /Users/yourname/Library/Application Support/NeoFinder/ Select LIBRARY in NeoFinder and use the context menu to "Reveal in Finder". You should get a folder that contains a file named "ffmpeg". You need to download the proper ffmpeg binary from: Įxtract the downloaded archive. This also covers the Matroska format MKV. NeoFinder even supports the cool ffmpeg tool to create thumbnails of several MPG related file formats, including: MPG, MXF (used by Sony XDCAM), M2V, M2TS, MPV, MTS, TS, WEBM, FLV, and even VOB. To get all this, make sure that the Videos preference for the Cataloging options is activated before you catalog your data:Ī large number of formats are supported, currently including the file name suffixes. mp4), as well as the EyeTV format, NeoFinder will even grab textual annotations, if the file contains them! NeoFinder supports a vast range of video files, and creates thumbnails of the movie files for you! It will also get the height and width of the video, as well as the duration and codec, if possible. 22.5 NeoFinder and BlackMagic BRAW video files
