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Displaying names of videos/pics in gallery

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magikellydelish

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Is there a way to display the names of videos or pictures when viewing them in the gallery? Alot of my videos have the same beginning screen shot so to find the one I want I have to literally watch them to figure it out. There has to be a way to show the names without having to go through My Files > media > videos. I want to know what the names are when I go to view them
 
Yeah this kinda sucks. If you mean stuff on the sdcard. I have put several dvd's on there but all it shows is a blank box on most of mine. Its not actually attaching a label for viewing but if you go to gallery and sdcard HIt Menu>More>Check a movie/file and then hit details it does tell you what it is. But man thats a 4 step process granted it takes 3 seconds but labels would be lovely
 
Yup... it's very hard if all thumbnails look similar...
however, i have never heard that there is a way to showing file name on gallery.... sorry....

anyway, almost same way of "saps", press and hold any thumbnail you want until you reach the selection mode... and click "more -> details"
then, it will show you the file name....
even though this way requires you to check every video files at most, it requires 3 times of click for getting the name....

i hope it will be helpful to you....
 
pain7246 said:
Yup... it's very hard if all thumbnails look similar...
however, i have never heard that there is a way to showing file name on gallery.... sorry....

anyway, almost same way of "saps", press and hold any thumbnail you want until you reach the selection mode... and click "more -> details"
then, it will show you the file name....
even though this way requires you to check every video files at most, it requires 3 times of click for getting the name....

i hope it will be helpful to you....
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Hey thats saves one click over my way ;) that's an extra 1/2 second of my life I get back now :p.
 
I also had the same problem, until I figured out something inadvertently. If you put each movie file you have converted into its own folder, the folder name DOES show up in the gallery. Name each folder with the name of the movie, then transfer to your sd card. Hope this helps.
 
Welcome to the forums. Great first post, Sayberg!
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> Is there a way to display the names of videos or pictures when viewing them in the gallery?

It's rubbish, isn't it ?
I'm not particularly an Apple fan, but even since buying my HTC Desire phone, I still carry around my iPod Touch with me, as viewing videos is so much more convenient.

On my iPod Touch, I can see the names of the videos, so know exactly what videos I have available (rather than a list of "20th Century Fox" icons!!), and if I stop watching a video on the iPod, next time I run it, it'll continue playing from where I left off.

These are common-sense basic requirements, and Android just doesn't do it right at all...
;-(
 
I rooted my Fascinate and accidentally deleted the default video player for the videos in the Gallery, now it doesnt play. I installed a video player, how do i make that the default video player? anyone knows? Thanx
 
iknight8 said:
I rooted my Fascinate and accidentally deleted the default video player for the videos in the Gallery, now it doesnt play. I installed a video player, how do i make that the default video player? anyone knows? Thanx
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When you first attempt to play a video it should ask you to choose a program that you want to use. When that screen comes up, at the bottom should be a checkbox that says "Make Default" or something. That should do it.
 
a decade later and still the only way i know of is going to the desired folder through the files app, then it displays part of the title
 
It wouldn't be so frustrating if it would at least display the file name across the top by default when you swipe from one video to the next. I'm trying to organize HUNDREDS of motion capture clips. The names are very long, in YYYY_MM_DD-HH-MM-SS format. That's great for sorting by name, and it's also terrific that the file name tells you when the motion capture was activated. But remembering a 14-figure numeric file name, not so much. If I have to look away from what I'm doing for any reason, good luck remembering where I was in a gallery folder of 500 thumbnails.
 
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