Do .wmv videos appear as thumbnails like they do on windows?

[tkjazzer]

Hello,
I'm brand new to a mac and have MBpro (core 2 duo) and run parallels for a lot of things.

I was wondering if I bring my .wmv videos over, will they have the tumbnail icons in the folder so I can see visually what each video is? like the first screen shot of each video?

like it is on windows...

Please let me know if there is a way to set up my apple folders like this. Thanks!

T

[dllavaneras]

If you install flip4mac WMV you can get full previews in column mode :)

[emw]

First off, you'll need Flip4Mac (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/wmcomponents.mspx) to play WMV files on your Mac.

Secondly, the icons won't by default show thumbnails of the movie, but if you're in column view, clicking on the icon will show a preview (the first frame of the movie) in the next column, one at a time.

[tkjazzer]

so isn't that less progressive than windows? must be a first.

[zephead]

This is one of the things that when I switched, I found surprising. But what could I do - it was a good trade off. :D

[Allotriophagy]

The lack of icon previews would be forgivable if QuickTime wasn't so damn slow at loading up WMV3 files most of the time.

[aristobrat]

so isn't that less progressive than windows? must be a first.
Eh, the first time you minimize QuickTime to the dock and notice you can still see your video playing on the dock icon, you'll forget all about it. ;)

[Arne]

The lack of icon previews would be forgivable if QuickTime wasn't so damn slow at loading up WMV3 files most of the time.

Try VLC (http://www.videolan.org/vlc/)

[Allotriophagy]

VLC is okay, but I prefer the weird Intel version of Mplayer - it has better forward skipping with the cursor keys. You know. For when you want to watch a movie which has lots of good bits, but spaced out. Alone.

[aristobrat]

:eek: :D

[Killyp]

Visual Hub allows you to convert to and from WMVs...