Symlinks for video files do not appear to work correctly

Hmm.... Currently it uses the original name by the nature of how symlinks are handled. In many ways this is how it is supposed to work, but the real question is should that design principle be changed. The case where I have seen symlinks used most is to include a file from a directory that is normally not scanned, in which case it is preferred for the name to be preserved.

P.S. Alias do not work because they are a holdover to the OS 9 days and not unix standard. They are really something that Apple should abolish and switch Finder and the like to using symlinks. Alternatively, they could have the unix backend see aliases as symlinks, but they likely have a very good reason why they don't.

gbooker, thanks for the reply. if it's possible to use the symlink name rather than the original name (i don't know enough to say), i would use this feature in order to clean up my ipod video listings. although i see that i can use an episode title as a remark in the filename, i would find it more convenient, i think, to use just the "cleaner" (?) episode title in itunes rather than having to rename it in accordance with the sapphire convention. as you suggested, i'm doing this because i don't want all of my itunes videos to show up in Sapphire. In the end, i can make it work either way - at least now i know how i would have to do it.