Mavericks-Bridge = no video preview

Since upgrading to Mavericks I can't preview video files from the finder or Bridge, is there a workaround for this which doesn't involve converting all my video files? Thanks

While not using many video myself and almost no .avi (been always a problem for me on a Mac, Quicktime is not really supporting .avi natively as it seems) the problem lies with the new Quicktime that came with Mavericks.
Apple seems to abandon older (and especially MS) filetypes like .avi, DivX and .wmv. It also seems the new QT for Mavericks is indeed a very new application, rebuild to 64 bit.
So here is the problem, you can use third party like VLC and MPlayerX (App store on your Mac) to view older file types but Bridge seems to use QT for viewing the movie files.
Either Apple has to downgrade QT (which in al honesty is not very likely to happen once Cupertino has set its mind to go to something new…) or Adobe has to build in the option to use third party like VLC or MPlayerX or come up with a new solution (and again in all honesty, the slowness of updating or developing real new features for Bridge has also not proved to be promising for the last 3 versions I'm afraid).
You can downgrade your system again to Mountain Lion and wait for things to happen on both fronts or bite the bullet and dig in information about converting your files to new formats.
Eventually more kinds of older file types will be abandoned while newer technology goes ahead. It is indeed a bit sad but it is also reality.
But this is also an example for me to again wait with upgrade to new systems at the moment they appear. Better wait for .2 or .3 release and do some research before stepping in to the deep.

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