Sorting Video Playlists

I hope I'm not missing something obvious here.
Whenever I create a video playlist, and add to it, the iPod always shows the contents of the playlist in reverse alphabetical order.
Is there a way to have the iPod sort video playlist contents alphabetically?

Guy's we are speculating.
Clearly this is software version 1.0 and improvements will come in time, if you have any requests you should send them to feedback, Apple are happy to receive feedback, for example I'm not convinced the menu listings are as good as they could be but I'm glad Apple didn't rush in and lock us into file listing system without giving us the opportunity to let them know what we felt by feedback.
As for the bugs ???. I've read more posts than most and apart maybe from the waking from sleep issue, I haven't seen an issue that can be attributed to a bug. Bilbo if you have a problem you should start a post, but remember issues can arise from a number of sources and if someone is unable to help you because they have no knowledge of your equipment and set up, it doesn't mean it's a software bug in the tv or itunes. Surely you realise that there are thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of us out there that have no problems at all.

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Umm... has anyone pondered a situation for a days if not weeks on end before mustering up the courage to ask for help and then found the solution minutes after asking? Yeah, this is one of those occasions. Weird.
In my defense, the user interface seems a bit obtuse. When you click "Playlists" and then "Create Playlist" at the bottom of the screen you then must click "Dates, "Folders", or "All Videos" to search for videos. The "obtusity" is that it didn't seem intuitive to me that I then had to search in those other headings after I selected to create a playlist. I assumed that the "Create a Playlist" window that then popped up would include all videos in the watched folders. When you see a video you will find that there is a green circle with a plus sign on the upper right corner. Clicking that will add it to the playlist that you are creating. When you're satisfied with the playlist, give it a name and then save it.
*sigh*
Message Edited by BetaPsi on 06-10-2009 01:35 PM

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Thank you for the reply... I'm still having trouble though.
I can't seem to find the "options tab" you spoke of so I can't go any further than that.
This is what I've done so far:
Got the videos in the M4V format for iPod...
I then moved/copied them into my directly onto my iPod through iTunes, the files synced and they show up on my iPod...
I then made playlists by right clicking my iPod and using "new playlist"...
I then selected the clips I wanted for each playlist and moved/copied them to the playlist I wanted...
I then removed my iPod from my PC and am able to play any of the clips either by going to the "movies" section or by going into my "video playlists" section, but I can only play one clip at a time and at the end of the clip my iPod only restarts the same clip. I can't skip to another clip and the playlists themselves don't play as described above. In order to play another clip I have to back out of the current clip using the "menu" button and then select a new clip.
In iTunes when I right click on any of the movies I only get the following options: Get info, rating, reset play count, reset skip count, uncheck selection, mark as not new, show in playlist, copy, delete, apply sort field.
When I right click a playlist I get the following options: copy, eject, copy to play order, transfer purchases, reset warnings, delete.
I also checked all the "file, edit, view, etc" top bar options and couldn't find anything relating to "skip during shuffle".
Lastly, I've double checked my iPod settings and it appears that all my playlists are setup to shuffle and repeat.
I'm still willing to try what you said if I can find it, lol.
Here's my iTunes version: 8.0.2.20
Here's my iPod software version: 1.1.2 (iPod Classic 160GB with 148.79GB free currently).
thank you again for any more suggestions or tips,
TK.

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