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I am sorry if this is a repeat question. I have searched for 1.5 hours here and have not found what I was looking for.
I copied episodes of TNG onto my (PC)laptop. I dragged them into my iTunes. They play great. I just can't rename them on the ipod. When they are copied (manually) onto the ipod, they lose their names and show up as Title01_01 rather than "Yesterday's enterprise" or whatever...
They DO play on the iPod -- I just want to know WHICH ONE I am playing! Thanks.
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OK-- Here's what I did.
I changed everything to manual transfer. I deleted my videos and reconverted them again. I dragged them AGAIN into itunes. I had to change the names by hand in iTunes-- and then, if I click on them with the new name, it goes back to the title0101 etc. So, I have not tried putting anything onto my iPod again -- (I am in the middle of an audiobook and don't want to lose the place!) If anyone's interested in how this comes out, I'll be glad to post back when I do add this to the iPod.
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