[RESOLVED] Looking for a Word

[MartinLiss]

I'm working on a picture viewer application and currently I have a label that reads "Picture x of y" for the jpegs in a folder. That was perfect when I was only displaying jpegs but now I'm also displaying videos and so I'm looking for a short, descriptive, word to replace "Picture" that would be a reasonable description of both jpegs and videos. "Multimedia file" is too long but I can't think of anything else.

[Shaggy Hiker]

"Visual" might work, as it has some Star Trek like connotations ("Can you get me a visual?"). "Image" might be suitable, but it is almost interchangeable with Picture. You can have a moving image, but you can also have a moving picture.

I figured I'd put the internet to work, and went to this site:

http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/picture

There are a few options here that might work. I don't believe there is a common use word that covers still and moving pictures, but there are several candidate synonyms that I think would work. I particularly like vignette, as that is roughly a story. A picture can tell a story, and a movie IS a story, so that's an entertaining option, but a bit obscure to most people. "Montage" would be a little more accessible, and whether it is one image or many is left a bit gray in that word. Alternatively, you could just go for a word that sounds vaguely right, while also being so obscure that people might think you made it up, such as "Chromo".

There are several other options in that link.

[MartinLiss]

Thanks but maybe I'll just do "X of y".

[RobDog888]

How about "File x of y"?
Or ...

Change the caption to reflect the file extension.
If its a image extension then use "picture" else if its a video extension then use video etc.

[MartinLiss]

"File" is not a bad idea. I don't want to use the file extension though because as the user steps through a folder that contains 10 jpegs and 2 avis it would be confusing to see "AVI 11 of 12".

[RobDog888]

Oh yea if its mixed content then forget that suggestion and go with "File".

[Nightwalker83]

What about "media"?

[RobDog888]

Or "Item x of y: "

[mendhak]

Flickr just calls it "Items".

[MartinLiss]

I'm going to use File. Thanks.

[CodedFire]

Pity i was going to recommend twip.