Column View Options?

It would seem after a bit of poking around, Snow Leopard is pretty limited on their column view options. Is there a 3rd-party plugin or software to open this up a bit? Ideally I'd like to be able to sort/look through my video files by frame rate in the finder...
Thanks!
-Dale

I doubt that you could do that in Finder...Finder does not officially support plug-ins.
You can try some alternatives to Finder, but there are inherent risks and difficulties associated with third-party software...

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