Ipod part of Iphone long song names - cannot see the full name

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tonkem

macrumors newbie

Original poster

• Mar 4, 2008

• #1

anyone know a fix for this?? I have many podcasts and song names that are long, on my iPod it will scroll automatically to show the full name of the song/file. Is this something that the iPhone just does not do?

Thanks for your help.

Tony

 

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anti-microsoft

macrumors 68000

• Mar 4, 2008

• #2

tonkem said:

anyone know a fix for this?? I have many podcasts and song names that are long, on my iPod it will scroll automatically to show the full name of the song/file. Is this something that the iPhone just does not do?

Thanks for your help.

Tony

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Yeah, I know! I find it extremely annoying! Is there a fix for this??

 

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themitch

macrumors member

• Mar 5, 2008

• #3

Me too!

 

jettrue

macrumors regular

• Oct 17, 2008

• #4

themitch said:

Me too!

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Me three!

 

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anti-microsoft

macrumors 68000

• Oct 17, 2008

• #5

you should be able to tap and hold a song and see the whole name... or something.

 

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Tsurisuto

macrumors 6502

• Sep 11, 2009

• #6

Is there a fix for this yet?

 

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salulos

macrumors newbie

• Nov 17, 2009

• #7

whyyy is such a simple issue still unresolved apple? v___v
going into landscape mode helps, but if the title is still too long you just seem to be out of luck...

 

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tpg

macrumors regular

• Mar 19, 2010

• #8

Sign the petition!

I think the only way this might get fixed is for a large number of us to voice our disapproval:

http://www.PetitionOnline.com/ipodscrl/petition.html

Spread the word!

 

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RotJ

macrumors newbie

• Sep 12, 2010

• #9

I just bought an iPod Touch 4g and found out all the podcast and video titles were being cut off. What the hell at this still not being addressed?

 

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tedballou

macrumors newbie

• Feb 4, 2011

• #10

tonkem said:

anyone know a fix for this?? I have many podcasts and song names that are long, on my iPod it will scroll automatically to show the full name of the song/file. Is this something that the iPhone just does not do?

Thanks for your help.

Tony

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Hi Tony, I am also annoyed by this problem, but finally came across a solution: http://appshopper.com/music/flicktunes
which I found at http://getsatisfaction.com/spotify/topics/long_song_titles_not_visible_on_iphone_client
This is an inexpensive ($0.99) app called flicktunes (I have no association with the developer). It give a large scrolling display that shows the full text of song titles that I can see from across the room when it's docked in my stereo. Enjoy!

regards, Ted

 

gio1s

macrumors newbie

• Jun 13, 2011

• #11

ios 5

ios 5 will fix this problem.

 

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RotJ

macrumors newbie

• Dec 13, 2011

• #12

Titles in Now Playing scroll now, but they're still cut off in the music and video browser.

Not helpful when I have this:
This Show Has a Long Name - Episode 1
This Show Has a Long Name - Episode 2
This Show Has a Long Name - Episode 3

And it displays like this:
This Show Has a Lon...
This Show Has a Lon...
This Show Has a Lon...

Edit: I found out you can tap and hold to get the full title.

 

Last edited: Dec 13, 2011