Quicktime icons in Finder - scrubbable?

Is it possible to scrub the icon of Quicktime movies in the Finder? I use this feature a lot in Shotgun and it's really helpful to quickly scrub through a tiny movie icon without using Quicklook or opening it up in Quicktime Player.
Using Mountain Lion and Mavericks here (two different machines)

Is it possible to scrub the icon of Quicktime movies in the Finder?
Not as an icon and in the QL preview window only if the file is QL compatible (which has changed for many files under Mavericks).

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