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".
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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!
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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