How to preview MXF video files without converting

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Your Mac will play most video files without any issues but MXF is one file type that usually doesn't work. You can't preview the files in Finder, you can't use Quick Look to watch the videos and you can't open them in QuickTime Player either.

Here's a quick tutorial on how to add native support to MXF (and a bunch of other) videos so you can use all the built-in video preview tools to view your videos.

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