Nokia 5800 can't delete 4kb video files

I have transfered several video files to my 5800 via USB mass storage. The phone has created 'copies' of these using their titles but with ._ in front and each file is only 4kb. I have watched some of the master videos and deleted them but these wierd unwatchable copies cannot be deleted. The phone says they are currently open and cannot be deleted.
I have opened the memory card on my Mac and deleted the cache in the Private folder and also the three .db files which I thought would force it to refresh it's database and see the files weren't there. I've also deleted the _PAlbTN folders.
After restarting the phone the 'copies' are still there in My Videos. Whilst they are only using a small amount of space at the moment they are gettign in the way of seeing what I actually want to watch and after a few months I'll end up with a whole heap of these things!!
Is there any way to delete them?

Not had this problem, and don't have a mac. However if you install something like Y-Browser or X-plore, you may be able to see where the files are situated and delete from there. Also a hard reset would almost cetainly resolve this, but I would use it as a last resort. Hope this helps, or that someone posts a better solution.
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