Scrolling titles and speed up Movie folder access in Front Row?

I have two questions regarding Front Row and have been unable to find an answer for them yet.
1. A number of my movies/TV shows have very long but similar titles. When I select one, is there a way for the title to scroll and show the whole title much like a long song title scrolls across the screen of my iPod?
2. Accessing my "Movies" folder takes a long time. Is there some way to speed this up, possibly a cache folder that may have its permissions messed up?
Cheers.

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i had the same problem and it happened after i updated my itunes to 7.6 (to support video rentals). what you have to do is make sure you have ALL the latest updates - including front row and OS X updates. as soon as i did that - everything was back to working order. you can update by clicking your system preferences and choosing updates. it will automatically inform you of any outdated software you may have.
hope this helps.
cheers.

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stevebb wrote:
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All of my computers have file sharing turned on.
All of my computers have iTunes sharing turned on and selected playlists, movies, tv shows, audiobooks are checked to share.
All of my computers have iPhoto sharing turned on.
When I open Front Row, I have to go to Source, Music, and then the movies folder on the shared computer shows up. However, it will NOT play a movie even though there is a movie there.
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