Viewing file names in vlc in ipad

Hi .. I'm not sure if the topic made sense.. Here is what Im trying to do ..
Say if I'm copying bunch of episodes from a series or movies and copy to vlc via itunes, when i try to open vlc and pick any episode, it only shows me first few letters of the file. Its quite common that all the files starts with same name..(eg. Naruto_Episode or Friends_Season_ )
Is there any way to view file name and then select it accordingly ? OR is there any other software which is out there I can use for this purpose
I spent some amount of time in renaming every files before i copied them to iPad.I dont want to do that everytime ..
Any suggestions / Thoughts ?
Thanks in Advance

Completely agree!
What were the developers thinking when they hid info as basic as file name from users once imported. Even mom/pop videos like a hockey high lights vid might have 15-20 vid clips coming in at random times and different sources.
To make users suffer with this crippled GUI just has to be one of those decisions you cynically think were made for $$$$ reasons...
ie cripple a useful cheaper tool like iMovie so users with even modest projects has to buy/learn the more expensive tool.
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