Can't rename iPhoto movies

In Front Row, the name given to my movies recorded on a digital photo camera stays the same even if I change the name in iPhoto. For instance, say I want to rename a short clip from H348602 which the camera saves it as, to "Test". . . I do so in iPhoto via the Info button and things look fine, but Front Row still calls it H348602. Is there any way to let it show it's name?

Interesting. I'm unable to get my digital camera's movies to appear in Front Row at all. I never really looked before, but I do have several. If I look at the album in the "Photos" module and select an albums that only has a movie in it, I get an error "beep" and I have to force-quit Front Row.
Besides that, are you changing the name of the movie in the Finder? Can you not change the name in iPhoto? Or have you tried both?
EDIT: Never mind. I re-read your previous posts. I was able to right-click on one of the videos in iPhoto and choose "Show File" which revealed the original file in my iPhoto library. I option-dragged the file into my user's "Movies" folder and re-named it in the Finder there. Then it appeared in my Videos module with the new name. Maybe iPhoto's organization won't allow renaming the files?
-Doug

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