MiataMike1

Q: My ipad VIDEOS app doesn't show the movie Names with IOS 7

I just upgraded to IOS 7.  The Apple VIDEOS app no longer displays the file name for videos that don't have album art.  I have to tap on each video screen shot (which is typically meaningless) to bring up the info/play screen to see the movie's "Name".  Under IOS 6.1.4 (and prior versions) the VIDEOS app displayed the .mp4 file name underneath all videos without album art.

 

Is there an option to set to get the "Name" displayed on the VIDEOS main screen, or get a LIST view rather than an icon view, using IOS 7? (I have not found one)

 

Since most of my movies do not have album art this makes the VIDEOS app virtually useless.

iPad mini Wi-Fi, iOS 7

Posted on Sep 19, 2013 12:28 AM

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Q: My ipad VIDEOS app doesn't show the movie Names with IOS 7

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  • by AmishCake,

    AmishCake AmishCake Dec 23, 2013 10:03 AM in response to workingcars
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    Dec 23, 2013 10:03 AM in response to workingcars

    You won't get that here as we are all just volunteer users like you. Please don't rant at us as we can't do a thing for you. Send your rant to apple.com/feedback.

  • by workingcars,

    workingcars workingcars Dec 23, 2013 10:04 AM in response to AmishCake
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    Dec 23, 2013 10:04 AM in response to AmishCake

    Oh believe me i have, just fed up of seeing the same work around for this posted again and again when it is really not an answer...!!!

     

    If everyone that posted on here field a grievance through the feedback system, it may get answered, but they don't...!!!

  • by MiataMike1,

    MiataMike1 MiataMike1 Dec 23, 2013 10:43 AM in response to MiataMike1
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    Dec 23, 2013 10:43 AM in response to MiataMike1

    Part of the problem is that people read the first post, come up with a solution idea, but don't really check the middle 8 pages of posts to see if the idea has already been suggested.  However, it does get old posting "that solution has been suggested before but there are the following considerations ..." over and over again.  Add on top of that the frustration of Apple continuing to ignore the problem.

     

    Remember, count slowly to 25 first, then compose your post ....

  • by Swampy Mike,

    Swampy Mike Swampy Mike Dec 23, 2013 11:00 AM in response to MiataMike1
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    Dec 23, 2013 11:00 AM in response to MiataMike1

    Part of the problem is the forum itself - threading your way through all the posts, some of which are rants against Apple (understandable), some are the same repeated thing about Home Videos - repeated over and over again, you can miss where someone has suggested the same thing......

    My response was specific to the home sharing issue, and works.

     

    So now I won't bother responding to this forum, but will keep any solution I find to myself.....

  • by igirl1,

    igirl1 igirl1 Dec 26, 2013 9:45 AM in response to AmishCake
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    Dec 26, 2013 9:45 AM in response to AmishCake

    Exactly.  >>>>>  NO ONE FROM APPLE READS THIS FORUM!  <<<<<

     

    Bummer this has not been fixed.  I do not sync/copy movies into my iPads - we stream them from the desktop iTunes over WLAN.  Having no directory is absoutely insane.

     

    I aso noticed all our library went from "Movies" to "Home Movies" on our Apple TV after migrating to a new Mac/updating to Mavericks.

     

    To fix this I went into iTunes/Movies - Select ALL>Get Info>(Multiple Item Selection)>Options/Media Kind and changed them back to Movies

     

    This didn't fix the broken directory iOS problem, but got them back to Movies in the Apple TV vs Home Movies.

     

    AmishCake wrote:

     

    You won't get that here as we are all just volunteer users like you. Please don't rant at us as we can't do a thing for you. Send your rant to apple.com/feedback.

  • by Slewfoot4,

    Slewfoot4 Slewfoot4 Jan 12, 2014 4:17 AM in response to twhiston
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    Jan 12, 2014 4:17 AM in response to twhiston

    Go to "Get Info" Options and change "Media Kind" to Home Movies and the name will show.

  • by workingcars,

    workingcars workingcars Jan 12, 2014 4:32 AM in response to Slewfoot4
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    Jan 12, 2014 4:32 AM in response to Slewfoot4

    Really?

     

    Did you read what has already been suggested...?

     

    This is hardly a work a round, and has already been discounted and answered enough times...

     

    So please tell me with this wonderful solution, how does this affect my library on my 4 Apple TV...?

     

    Was that considered, or should I have to change it every time I want to watch something on there as well?

     

    A workaround would mean it is usable, this makes it even more unusable for the rest of the house, it also takes out all of the restrictions where children are concerned with age limits...

     

    Nice to see that there are some helpful answers that others may want, but not helpful when consideration isn't given to the bigger picture and what could essentially mean kids have access to a lot more than they bargained for as a result...

     

    Help is only help when it is correct, and the answer being continuously given does not help... Unless of course you only have an IOS device with a few films... Which is not what was asked originally...

  • by DasLovesApple,

    DasLovesApple DasLovesApple Feb 5, 2014 5:35 PM in response to MiataMike1
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    Feb 5, 2014 5:35 PM in response to MiataMike1

    Go to ur itunes library, highlight all movies , get info , options , change to home movies. This way u just get a list when u resync ur ipad , iphone under home movies.

  • by DasLovesApple,

    DasLovesApple DasLovesApple Feb 5, 2014 5:36 PM in response to MiataMike1
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    Feb 5, 2014 5:36 PM in response to MiataMike1

    Doesnt affect ur apple tv library at all

  • by Hanuman Hoffman,

    Hanuman Hoffman Hanuman Hoffman Feb 6, 2014 1:57 PM in response to sendittome
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    Mac OS X
    Feb 6, 2014 1:57 PM in response to sendittome

    One doesn't have to go through movies changing one by one.

    I had this same issue.

    Select all the movies, >command i >videos > options > choose >Home video

     

    I will go change that setting in all the movies.

    The changes will take awhile, depending upon your computer.

     

    It did allow me to find the movies by title in the iPad.

  • by MiataMike1,

    MiataMike1 MiataMike1 Feb 6, 2014 2:45 PM in response to MiataMike1
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    Feb 6, 2014 2:45 PM in response to MiataMike1

    As noted earlier, changing the type to HOME VIDEO, still doesn't fix the HOME SHARING display of available movies.

  • by DasLovesApple,

    DasLovesApple DasLovesApple Feb 7, 2014 4:39 PM in response to MiataMike1
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    Feb 7, 2014 4:39 PM in response to MiataMike1

    Really! Mine is fine .

  • by MiataMike1,

    MiataMike1 MiataMike1 Feb 7, 2014 8:00 PM in response to DasLovesApple
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    Feb 7, 2014 8:00 PM in response to DasLovesApple

    DasLovesApple wrote:

     

    Really! Mine is fine .

     

    So the video list displayed for HOME SHARING shows a file name caption on your iPad/iPhone?

  • by Smokerz,

    Smokerz Smokerz Feb 10, 2014 10:41 AM in response to sullyinia
    Level 6 (9,699 points)
    Feb 10, 2014 10:41 AM in response to sullyinia

    you lose the plot summary using view option comment or description.

  • by Scott Newman,

    Scott Newman Scott Newman Mar 10, 2014 4:26 PM in response to MiataMike1
    Level 2 (250 points)
    Mar 10, 2014 4:26 PM in response to MiataMike1

    Just updated to iOS 7.1 on my iPhone 5. Guess what? STILL NO MOVIE NAMES WHEN USING HOME SHARING. I can't believe this.  It's completely useless to use home sharing to view movies on a home media server via home sharing. Seriously...this is ridiculous.

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