Where to check among the hundreds of 4k videos so that I can import the chosen in premiere pro

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Hi community.

I have tried to find info but I have not found anything on this subject. 

I am facing a real problem and this is that,

before choosing which videos I'll import to my premiere pro project, which means that I have to copy them and organise them in my project's folder, I have to view hundrends of 4k clips and choose among them.

That means that in windows the only thing that I can do is, view in windows explorer my video thumbnails and if they remind me sth and I am almost sure that is the one I have to import, then I click on the specific video   which opens in VLC, I watch a few seconds and then I decide if I'll put it in my project or not. That means immense amount of time.

In adobe bridge it is the same thing. I can see the thumbnails and if I click in one then I can play it on the preview panel one by one or multiple, but it takes time with 4k. I even tried to put the playback resolution to faster but it does not work for me even if my laptop is powerfull.

I am wondering. Is there not any program where I can view my list of videos, and where their thumbnails play (like when we import videos to premiere pro, we see the small thumbnail and when we touch it #not click it# we can move fast forward and check if this videos suits our project).

Is there anything like that or similar ?

Thank you so much for your help in advance

it is really much appreciated

Kind regards

Yiannis

[Richard M Knight · Accepted solution]

If you use the Media browser in Premiere and select icon rather than list view that will let you hover scrub the clip before importing.

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Oh my, it was so easy and yet I did not think at all. Thank you so much Richard 🙂 You saved my life!!
Bless you