I second that!Yeah, but I want VLC to ignore the tags and use the filename instead, like it used to be before the latest patch. I mean, I can go through every video I have on my computer and remove the tag (if the tags are blank it shows the file name instead), but that would take forever. What I'm wondering is if there is any setting that makes VLC ignore the tag and use the filename instead. If you have a video file from my computer or if you test it with a video file on your computer doesn't really matter. The files themselves aren't important, my files aren't different from any other files. So yeah, it's the tags in the files that makes VLC show that info instead of the file name, but that should be the same with any files. It's the way VLC handles the tags that is the issue, and the question is wether I can make VLC ignore the tags and go directly for the file name (any files, mine, yours, anybodys, no matter if the tags are filled in or not) without having to go over my whole archive, file by file, and remove the tags.
Don't take this the wrong way, I'm not trying to talk back, I appreciate you taking the time to try and help me, I just think I've failed at explaining what the problem is.
But who cares about WMV? It's a shitty proprietary format (thanks MS) no one really needs.no, no, no. WMV have tags for a reason.
Still, if you don't share a file, I won't be able to look at the issue.
Please, stop trolling, this is your first warning.Troll
That's exactly what I want to, the name that shows on-screen at the start of playback of a file is the same that is used in the playlist, so fixing either issue would fix the other... I'm guessing...On a very related topic, I would like to be able to see the file name in a VLC playlist either alongside or instead of the "title" -- unless somebody knows of something that will re-title all kinds of video files en masse!
Is there some way I can view the title rather than an episode number of a track number in the playlist?
While this is true, any video file which had a tag as he's describing would show the same types of things. I'd be willing to share a file if that's what it took.No, it is based on the tags in the file.
Yes, that's what it takes...I'd be willing to share a file if that's what it took.No, it is based on the tags in the file.
I am (and have been) experiencing the same problems.I'm also seeing VLC arbitrarily shorten file names - Lost.S06E16.HDTV.XviD-NoTV becomes Lost S06E16 (and has no title data that I can find). This is pretty annoying - and going through and editing tags isn't viable. Aside from the fact that I have an enormous amount of video, when VLC gives things names that aren't their file names when no title data exists, this further complicates and annoys. Further, I've edited some title data and VLC ignores it and still entitles the items by their former titles.No, it is based on the tags in the file.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9I8S37NJYes, that's what it takes...I'd be willing to share a file if that's what it took.No, it is based on the tags in the file.
It may or may not please you to know: I found a freeware program that successfully edited the tag information of this AVI... I've been using it to re-tag my AVIs one file at a time. It is successful in the overwhelming majority of cases. It's freeware, like I said, so I hope I'm not breaking forum rules by recommending it. It's called abcAVI Tag Editor and I downloaded it from Free-Codecs.com at the following address: http://www.free-codecs.com/download/abc ... editor.htmhttp://www.megaupload.com/?d=9I8S37NJ
Here's one I uploaded. I've gone in and edited the title a couple times and it still shows as "Custom Video" in VLC (both when it launches and at the top/bottom of the window). I'd much rather it go by filename rather than an inconsistent tagging scheme.
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