Displaying videos as a list in the iOS Photos app

I have several videos saved on my iPad in the Photos app (Most were put there before the Apple TV app was released but that app has limitations anyway). The revamped Photos app (iOS 18+) just displays thumbnails when I choose Videos from the library. To see what the video contains I have to select and start the video and either watch some of the start of the video or pause it and go to “Info” to see the filename (my videos generally have useful filenames). This is nuisance of course.

So… I am looking for a way, maybe an app, to display a list of filenames when I choose to browse the videos in my Photos Library, instead of the tiled thumbnail display.

Update: I have found I can display filenames with an app that I already have - nPlayer. It is a bit tedious to use but I can give the app access to selected videos in the Photos library on my iPad and it displays thumbnails with the filename underneath. Selecting a video starts it playing on the iPad. It also supports Airplay.

BTW - I have been using nPlayer on my iPad to watch videos on a hard disk attached to a Mac. The Mac doesn’t need to be running any apps for this - it just acts as a fileserver.

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