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VLC issue on New MBP

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chuckm1020

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Aug 27, 2009
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Nothing urgent, Just annoying. HaHa. I just recently got a new macbook pro, and i came from an 09 mac mini. one of the first things i did was put VLC on the new laptop.(I never use quicktime :p). VLC works just fine, as it should. But for some odd reason i cant see a video preview on the icon. On my mac mini u could actually hit play on the icon and watch a preview of the video on the icon. On my new laptop i just see a VLC icon and no video preview. i did some searching for this issue and couldnt find anything. and i tried to see if it was a setting i had to turn on. i looked all in the VLC options and the Finder options, but cant find anything. Like i said its not a big deal, but does anyone have an idea why? Thankyou
 
chuckm1020 said:
Nothing urgent, Just annoying. HaHa. I just recently got a new macbook pro, and i came from an 09 mac mini. one of the first things i did was put VLC on the new laptop.(I never use quicktime :p). VLC works just fine, as it should. But for some odd reason i cant see a video preview on the icon. On my mac mini u could actually hit play on the icon and watch a preview of the video on the icon. On my new laptop i just see a VLC icon and no video preview. i did some searching for this issue and couldnt find anything. and i tried to see if it was a setting i had to turn on. i looked all in the VLC options and the Finder options, but cant find anything. Like i said its not a big deal, but does anyone have an idea why? Thankyou
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I can never see the previews either, and haven't forever. No big deal to me. AVI files don't show a preview UNLESS they are on the desktop (mine are stored away in folders). Thats how it is for me anyways.
 
The previews are provided by QuickTime, so you need the appropriate QuickTime components installed.
 
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The previews are provided by QuickTime, so you need the appropriate QuickTime components installed.
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Ohhhhhh. makes sense kinda hahaha. I did have Perian installed on my macmini and i havnt installed it yet on the pro. maybe thats why? i would try it out right now but my macs at home and im at work :p
 
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