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

Since we can normally see the artwork for movies (whether from iTunes or other sources), this is not a terrible problem. But let me tell you, when it comes to transferring iTunes "Extras" it is especially annoying since any individual video file available from extras does not have its own artwork. So let's say you've transferred "Deleted Scenes" from "E.T.". Sure, you could cut and paste the artwork from the movie itself, but since the title doesn't transfer over (even if you've right clicked on the movie and entered it in on the "INFO" page under "GET INFO"),

you have to select the movie (on the iPad) in order to know the title. And if there are numerous video files involved it's a real pain in the neck! I think a bit of reverse engineering here would help!

Possibly. But there's the fact that Apple TV does this all perfectly, for both purchased and side-loaded videos from whatever source, it's only an issue for iOS devices using the Videos app.

I know that many TV networks and studios have had a weird obsession with trying to limit what devices viewers can watch internet streamed or DVR'd shows on -- they don't seem to like the idea of their content being viewed on PCs or tablets for some bizarre reason but are more relaxed about their shows being viewed on an actual TV irrespective of the source of the program. Maybe the Videos app's behaviour is some sort of sop to this mindset, I dunno.

An interesting point is that when you have lots of TV Shows and/or Movies in iTunes that you access on the iPad via Home Sharing it can take quite a bit of time for the grid view to fill out with the thumbnails for all the videos when it first connects to iTunes. While that's happening the videos are initially shown as generic rectangular icons with a outline TV screen in the centre of each one, and under each is the title of the movie/TV show/series as stored in iTunes! I find that if I'm fast enough I can scan & scroll down through all the generic icons and find the one I'm after before it gets clobbered by the approaching wave of thumbnails. The Videos app can and does read the title info from iTunes, it just chooses not to display that information once it has a thumbnail image available.

I recently bought two iPads for me and my wife, who has hundreds of videos. I was shocked to learn of this basic blunder by Apple and cannot believe they can't do a simple fix by restoring a simple alphabetical list view option. We are seriously considering ditching the iPads and going to a (much cheaper) android platform.

As a simple interim fix, could Apple not simply allow the viewing and alphabetical sorting of videos from the general>usage>Storage>videos>show all function? As you can delete videos from here it should be simple to add a play button and allow alphabetical sorting.

As I consider this a major flaw, what is wrong with Apple as this thread has been going on for yonks. We should not have to play around renaming hundreds of videos in iTunes and/ or adding graphics then re-synching.

I really do not like to bash Apple, but being the best does not mean perfect. I just discovered that Apple is consistently stupid on this issue. Just as there is no name/title information for Films (Video) on the iPad, as has been the theme here, the same problem exists in iBooks. I've some user manuals that were broken down into chapter/topic PDFs - in other words, 20 or so PDF documents represents the whole manual. Put those into iBooks (OS X) and make a 'Collection' of them. Go to iTunes, attach the iPad, sellect the manual documents for sync, sync, and whoa - the Collections identifier isn't evident, and the pdfs themselves without document title. I had added several manuals, each with multiple PDFs, thinking that they would retain their Collection bundling, but it appears not. Yes, I have Sync Collections set ON on the ipad, but to no evident effect.

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It's pretty darn annoying on an iPad to not have the option of viewing the full name. And also multiple deletions.

You can tap the video to get the name, but I agree. A quick name reference would be nice. I'd also like to be able to tell if I've watched it or not. The feature has been completely removed!

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Apple released a new version of IOS 7 today ( Oct 23 ) Version 7.0.3

I just loaded it and Appled did NOT fix the video app. The titles are STILL missing.

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.

So because some "Genius" at Apple decides to take away basic file name information from an existing feature for years, we as customers are supposed to find a work around? Hopefully at least one more head will roll inside of this company. There are several other things that should have never made it past Beta...

Makes me wonder if Apple hasn't entered another downhill slide like they did with the PowerPC revolution.

INCREDIBLY FRUSTRATING. And heaven forbid you wanted to go one step further and not even see an icon of the movie (even if it had the name of the movie below it), and just wanted a "list" of movies. For over 10 years I have been a die hard Apple devotee. But over the past couple of years they have been more focused on flashy graphics and transitions instead of form.

"I can't believe this is the intended functionality." The amazing part is that you would think that someone have to affirmatively take that feature out - it's not like they forgot to put it in (because it was there with IOS 6). As I grapple with this issue this morning, I am incredibly frustrated. I have a lot of "home movies" that I am no longer able to quickly distinguish unless I actuallly click the icon. And when I go to iTunes and "get info" they are already categorized as "home movies" (under "options"). My whole family owns everything Apple - but for the past year I have become incresingly frustrated with the functionality of many of their products.

I agree. This must be a bug. Why? Because Apple would probably not design such an app with so much unused white space between the images with the (iTunes) artwork. (this is me just hoping for a fix if course😮)