Finder Icon Preview Quicktime?

I was wondering if there was a way to see the first frame of any movie files in a directory as a preview in con view..
I'm coming from a windows background and when I look in explorer I can see an image from the film clip as its icon...
On my new MacBook Pro, I can set the folder options to icon view and see jpeg images, however the avi files just have a quicktime logo on them...no real preview...
Is there a way to do this on Mac OS?
Thx!

I don't know of a way to see a preview in the Finder window in icon view, however if you change to Column view, and in the View->Show View Options you check the boxes for both show preview column and show icon you will see a preview of any movie format that QuickTime understands. Furthermore, you can actually PLAY the movie in the preview in the Preview column, as well as just see the first frame.
If you want to stay in icon view, you can select a file, then bring up the Inspector window--hold dow both the command, option and i keys. Open the Preview section of the Inspector window. Again, you can play the movie as well as see the first frame. You can navigate around using the arrow keys, and each newly selected item displays in the Preview section of the Inspector window.
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