Poster frame error in finder icon view

I've been setting poster frames with control click. While iTunes usually shows the frame I choose, the finder, when in icon view, doesn't. It often picks something close (usually earlier). I usually have to search around to get it to set to the one I choose. For example (not real values here, just to illustrate): I choose the frame at 19:13, but the finder shows 19:02. Then I continue to choose: 19:15, 19:17, 19:21. Each time iTunes is correct (though I have to sometimes change views), but the finder won't change, until I hit on the one that is close to what it likes. Even then, it's often a little wrong, usually a few seconds before. I don't know anything about keyframes, but would that be what it's using?

I think I've narrowed it down: When I scroll in iTunes it jumps to "hint" frames. Those are the frames it's accepting in the finder.

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