Prores icon preview in OSX Mavericks.

[Ram S.O.S]

I have a question that is not specifically FCPX related but as an FCPX user I'm affected by this. I upgraded to Mavericks osx 10.9 and now I no longer get a thumbnail preview on my prores quicktime files in the finder. I do get a preview with any other type of quicktime codecs. I shoot a lot on the blackmagic cinema camera and it's not good for me just to see a Q on those thumbnails. I have tried the view options and it does not affect Prores files. I've also downloaded the latest codecs from apple. So I want to know I'm I the only person this is happening to? I'm thinking I may need to reinstall mavericks but before I do that I need to know if anyone else is experiencing this? I have attached a screen capture to illustrate what I'm talking about. Quicklook does still work on the prores files but I need that thumbnail.

 

[Mike Sastre]

I believe there will be an upgrade to FCPX in December to go along with the availability of the new Mac Pro. That may fix the problem, but doesn't help now.

 

[NoahK]

Any chance you've got DIVX installed? This thread might help you figure out the issue- https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3704091

-Noah

 

[Ram S.O.S]

Thank you Noah, I've seen that discussion and actually started one of my own there on this same subject. I don't have DIVX installed. I think I might need to reinstall Mavericks. What I have not been able to get an answer about from anyone yet is, am I alone with this issue? Or is anyone else experiencing this The thread you linked me to was about Mountain Lion 10.8 and the issue was a bit different because quick look was not working for them. When I click on a prores file and press the space bar it does playback. The icon preview does not work so I can view the video in the icon as I can with other codecs.

 

[Survivalmike]

Hi Ram i am having the same problem as you, its really annoying when you have a dozen shots with the same file names +1 and you can't see the difference hopefully apple will sort out soon

 

[Ram S.O.S]

I finally figured out what the issue was. I decided to wipe my drive and do a fresh install of mavericks and when I did that the prores files worked correctly until I reinstalled Quicktime 7. As soon as I installed Quicktime 7 i got no icon preview. So I wiped the system again and reinstalled everything except for QT7 and all is well. I hope this helps someone.