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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Posted on Sep 19, 2013 11:39 AM

Yes, you can use iTunes to change the video's 'Media Kind' from 'Movie' to 'Home Video'. The VIDEOS app will now give you three options at the top:


- Movies

- Home Videos

- Shared


When you tap HOME VIDEOS you will now see the icon with the title underneath. If you made the change directly on your iPad you get a gray box icon instead of the screen-shot. If you made the change on your PC and downloaded you get the screen-shot icon.


To change the 'Media Kind':

- through iTunes right-click the movie

- click GET INFO

- click the OPTIONS tab

- use the MEDIA KIND drop down box to select HOME VIDEO

- click OK


What a PITA. I don't know why we are being forced to differentiate between "Movies" and "Home Movies". I personally don't care if they are mixed on the same screen.

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Jun 6, 2014 12:53 PM in response to Memiehic

When you're adding video clips to a Keynote presentation, it's lots of fun looking at dozen or so video files all with a BLACK first frame. No clue to which video is which unless you just uploaded to Camera Roll and make a note of the order you uploaded the files. Why be guessing like that? You can send video file to another app like Photomanager Pro which lets you assign filenames, but, of course, Keynote can't see those to load....


Maybe iOS8 will resolve this issue? Any chance of that?

Jun 9, 2014 3:09 PM in response to Jolieteddie

I'd like to have a list of titles with the option to seperate them using folders or albums but that obviously doesn't look flashy enough and would actually be useful.


My second choice would be to just have titles.


My third choice would be to have a pointless thumbnail with the title underneath it (like it used to be).


My last choice would be to have a useless thumbnail with no title to it (what we have now)


I honestly can't think how apple could make this app worse. I was trying to think of something sarcastic to write as a prediction of how the next version could further deteriorate but I seriously can't think of anyway to make it less user friendly.

Jul 30, 2014 11:10 AM in response to Lambypie2011

As an Android user, that is forced to use iPad as a work device, i feel sorry for all apple users.

Firstly, because I now better understand the limitation of Apple devices.

And secondly, for the narrow minded that apple users are, keep using devices from a company that constantly limiting users and tell them what to do and how to do it.

I just cannot understand how more and more people are joining the Apple family, when all i hear is how problematic their products are.

Jul 30, 2014 12:36 PM in response to udi.zam

The frustrating part for me is that I have come to like Keynote and find creating presentations on it on my iPad mini quite easy. For a device that handles audio and video files so well, it's just plain frustrating that you can't enter a filename or a title to photos and videos so you can ID the file that you want to select.


Even more strange is that there appears to be no way to add a sound file as an item directly onto a Keynote slide. No way to access iTunes, that I can figure out. I work around that by creating a movie with the sound I want as a soundtrack, and then loading that into Keynote.

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