IPOD (30GB) Itunes weird songs totals

[ac]

On Itunes the Library music songs total says 4477 songs,
on Itunes the IPOD music total says 4451 songs
and in the IPOD itself, Settings>About also says 4451 songs.


What is happening that when Itunes is set to synchronise everything,
that some songs get 'lost'?

tia

 

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On Itunes the Library music songs total says 4477 songs,
on Itunes the IPOD music total says 4451 songs
and in the IPOD itself, Settings>About also says 4451 songs.


What is happening that when Itunes is set to synchronise everything, that
some songs get 'lost'?

tia

Tried the Apple website?

 

[ac]

Tried the Apple website?

thanks yes. I found a blog with some answers.
I had to deliberately corrupt the .itl database file and accept a
rebuild using the existing .xml file and music folders. I had to include
a little editing of the .xml file previously, too. The problem was a
combination of incorrect .itl data, some invalid entries in the xml
file, and a couple of dozen duplicates. Quite a days work!

This got me well on the way:
http://www.brooks-bilson.com/blogs/...ve-Your-iTunes-Music-Directory-to-a-New-Drive