Uploaded home movies revert to the original file name when added to iTunes?

I have Home Video files that I have renamed from the original file names. When I add these files to iTunes, the files revert to the original file name at the time the file was created. How can I add these files to iTunes with the new file name without having to rename every Home Movie that has been added?

OK I have done some more work and think i have the issue resolved. The problem lies with file formats specifically .mp4 and .m4v
I suspect the files you are importing are mp4 files. When I do this i get the same behaviour of file names changing their name after playback. When i convert my files to m4v format and import the issue disappears.

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If I have a folder of mp3s for a full album, when I open an mp3 in iTunes to be copied to my iTunes folder, the original mp3 file dissapears. However, when I open an mp3 that is by itself in a folder in iTunes to be copied, the original file remains there. Does anyone know why?

OK I have done some more work and think i have the issue resolved. The problem lies with file formats specifically .mp4 and .m4v
I suspect the files you are importing are mp4 files. When I do this i get the same behaviour of file names changing their name after playback. When i convert my files to m4v format and import the issue disappears.

I just downloaded iOS 8 on my iPad air. This has caused the file names of all of my PDFs in iBooks to revert to their original file name when I downloaded the file, not the custom file names I gave them after downloading the files. In the list of fil

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Further to above
Progress Notable!
But before I outline the details, I wish to apologise to APPLE for laying the blame at their doorstep for loosing or misplacing those PDFs I have on the iPad 1, when I set up my iPad Air , by restoring from the backup of iPad 1, thus copying all data from the old to the new.
NOT REALLY THEIR FAULT AT ALL
Because a lot of the many PDFs had the same name, ie PDF.pdf, probably my fault more than anybody else's, so I can't blame APPLE for that. Just goes to show one should be a little more precise in creating these portable documents.
No wonder the poor program " lost its' marbles" when doing the updating and conversion/transfer.
However, I was able to recover most of them by personal email, and extracting and RENAMING the PDFs as I located them in their new home.
Those PDFs that we're locked an thus not email-able , I will deal with by
Viewing
Photoeing (if that's how you spell it).
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So all is not lost, and I am thankful that my cautious approach to this matter in the first place, gave me the ability for this successful recovery.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
I hope this little story of my saga/experience may prove helpful to others yet to cross the chasm of updating.
Regards to all, including APPLE.
NICE STUFF YOU MAKE.

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Hello,
I am in the process of doing a batch export and would like to keep everything identical to the source material, including the name. There is quite a bit of footage so deleting the "-Apple ProRes 422 for Progressive material" addition can be time consuming.
Any suggestions?
I found this thread:
http://discussions.info.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2369070
but even though I read it more than 10 times I could not set a "custom" path in my destination options.
I only have the following options available from the pulldown:
-Cluster Storage
-Desktop
-Source
-Users movie folder
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Message was edited by: Ricardo Javier

As was mentioned in the thread you linked to, the easiest way is to create a custom Destination. Here are some step-by-step instructions:
1. Click the Destinations tab.
2. Click the plus sign in the upper right and choose "Local..."
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19589/Compressor%20Custom%20Destination.png
3. Navigate to or create your destination folder. Click "Open" to select the destination.
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http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19589/Compressor%20Destination%20Inspector.png
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Acrobat 5.0 How do I keep the original file name after I have converted a Word doc to PDF?

MY colleague has a certain setting in Acrobat that allows him to keep the original file name when he converts documents from Word to PDF. Every time I convert Word, Acrobat overwrites the filename and names it "untitled.pdf". I would like to retain the original name and for Acrobat to simply add the .pdf file extension to the original name. How do I do this?

I have no idea what you are doing for sure. Does your WORD document have a name. I opened a WORD document and selected the Acrobat Distiller printer for AA5, I got the file menu for selecting the name and it was automatically filled in with the DOC changed to PDF. If you are using PDF Maker, then you will need to search there - I removed PDF Maker for AA5 years ago and can't view that part. I see the same types of options in PDF Maker for AA8.1.2 as I saw in the printer for AA5 and guess it is the same. The untitled.pdf suggests that you never saved the original DOC file so it has a name.

Mp3 will not rename - reverts back to original file name. Any suggestions?

I have a bunch of mp3 files that I would like to rename the original file name. Itunes only allows me to change metadata, but to fix broken names and keep organized, I need to change the file name. Once I rename the file, it shows the new name, and then upon playing it, it reverts back to the original name. I do not have any locked permissions. I have parallels and tried to rename them on the windows 7 side but same effect. I tried to shut all programs off so the file was not in use. I even tried to export it as a acc file type. I am exhausted looking for a solution, this is why I am using this forum as a last ditch effort. Please help.

As far as I am aware, iTunes does not rename files (at least nto my older version I use). Yes, it will insist upon the files being in certain folders which is structured from the metadata, but the files themselves keeep whatever name you use.
I suggest this be moved to an iTunes forum (you choose for Mac or for Windows). I have never seen anybody else complain about this in the past.
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When someone other than myself downloads an image from my web album, a dynamically generated file name replaces the original file name. How I can prevent the original file name being replaced during the downloading process?

When someone other than myself downloads an image from my web album, a dynamically generated file name replaces the original file name. How I can prevent the file name being changed during this downloading process?

Hi Glenyse,
Here are my steps.
1. I upload multiple image (jpg) files onto my photo album.
2. I select the "sharing" by email option for this album.
3. I enter the recipient's email address.
4. The recipient receives my message and clicks on the link.
5. The recipient accesses my photo album and clicks on one of the images.
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Mary

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Appending the Original File Name as Suffix to Receiver File Name

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> Actually, what I meant was the mapping will not know
> the value I have entered in the receiver
> communication channel - File Name Scheme parameter
> value.   For example in CC for Target System 1 the
> FNS = FMRECEIVER1, the CC for Target System 2 the FNS
> = FM_RECEIVER2 and so on.
>
> Are you saying in the mapping I could access the
> value of FNS from the communication channel in the
> mapping?
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Appending multiple *.csv files while retaining the original file name in the first column

Hi guys it's been awhile.
I'm trying to append multiple *.csv files while retaining the original file name in the first column, the actual data set is about 40 files.
file a.csv contains:
1, line one in a.csv
2, line two in a.csv
file b.csv contains:
1, line one in b.csv
2, line two in b.csv
output.csv result is this:
I would like this:
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Solved!
Go to Solution.

What you could do is given in the attachment.
Started with 2 files :
a.csv
copy of a.csv
Both with data :
1;1.123
2;2.234
3;3.345
Output :
a.csv;1;1.123
a.csv;2;2.234
a.csv;3;3.345
Copy of a.csv;1;1.123
Copy of a.csv;2;2.234
Copy of a.csv;3;3.345
If you have more questions, just shoot
Kind regards,
- Bjorn -
Have fun using LabVIEW... and if you like my answer, please pay me back in Kudo's
LabVIEW 5.1 - LabVIEW 2012
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I store all my music and videos on iTunes. I just got a AT&T Tilt and I have to use WMP to sync to it. I can't drag and drop iTunes playlists into my media card cause my Tilt uses Windows.
My main problem with WMP is even though I edit the song/video name, it still syncs over the original file name. If I change the original file name for WMP then I have to rename it for iTunes cause when I go back to iTunes to play the song/video, it says the file is missing. It's a pain
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Default format isn't the problem. I don't think i explained very good, let me elaborate:
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