Here is the problem i have. when i import videos into iphoto from a camera and/or my iphone. they are labeled as img_1809 or MVI_3406. no problem for iphoto because in that app filenames are unimportant because titles are used. i edit all the titles of my photos/videos for my own organization and for my windows family members within iphoto. the problem is when i want to stream those videos to my TV or i want to convert the .AVI to MP4. when i drag those videos into itunes so they will sync to my TV, the filenames show up and because IMG_1809 does not chronologically fit with 2009-01-150, which is my labeling system the videos are all out of order. i tried exporting them so the titles would now be the filenames, but by doing that i lose all the metadata. because iphoto doesn't know how to permanently tag mete-data to video files. so i cant do that if i want to keep the info on when the video was taken. there is a batch re-namer within iphoto but it does not batch change the filenames, only the titles. so now i have 2 years of videos that i can not watch on my TV or anywhere else actually because i cant change the filenames without loosing the metadata. why doesn't TV read the title information of these files, not the filenames. that would at least give me a temporary fix. i think the only option left is to call an apple genius and see what they have to say. or drive to the nearest store because this is frustrating and is virtually impossible to google search.
Possible Fixes
- Allow batch filename changes within iphoto
- conserve metadata while exporting videos from iphoto
- TV read titles instead of filenames
2 comments:
Honestly bud.... this won't be fixed until Apple says that the Apple TV is more than just a hobby.
its not an TV problem though. iphoto doesn't know how to correctly manage videos.
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