Failing to sync movies: "The disk could not be read from or written to."

Hello,
I had approx 10 movie files on my ipad which synced and played fine for the first month I had my ipad. I recently tried to add 3 more movies all in the exact same format as the previous 10, however now I get a message saying that the file could not be copied as the disk could not be read from or written to. I haven't made any major changes (that I am aware of) that would have triggered this.
I've checked that my ipad and OS software are up to date, and tried restarting both my ipad and my comuter (a Macbook).
I figured maybe I was out of disk space, and the capacity bar in itunes was wrong, so I removed 3 of the movies and tried to add one of the new ones - same error. I then put one of the old movies back on, and it worked fine.
So, thinking maybe the problem could be solved by restoring my ipad, I created a backup and performed a restore. My apps and photos are safely back on the ipad - but now none of the movies will sync, all of them giving me the same error saying the disk could not be read from or written to.
Has anybody got any idea what's going on? It's extremely frustrating as the ipad is such a good tool for watching movies on the go.
Thanks,
Sam

I have run into the same problems on my iPod Classic. It seems the last couple of movies I have purchased from iTunes are the source of the problem. An interesting thing I have found is that, when purchased, the files causing the issues have saved to my internal HD, instead of the external drive that I have set as my library location.
Another interesting thing is that this is isolated to the last 2 movies I have purchased and 1 of the last 2 rentals. Not with any music I have purchased or the other rental. So there is no consistency in it being only newest files. The only consistency is that it is movies that oddly store in the wrong location.
I have done everything from trying to move my iTunes library location, resetting the ipod, software is up to date in everything (iPod, iTunes, Mac). I have tried disconnecting the external drive, and manually managing music and videos for the iPod sync. Everything will sync with the exception of the recent movies stored in the wrong location. Also, when trying to move the files from my internal hard drive to my external where the rest of my library lives, I get the same "...read or written to" error as I get when trying to sync to my iPod. No other files seem to be having any trouble moving around from internal to external to ipod.
Sorry I don't have a solution yet. Hopefully this helps narrow down the problem, and save some troubleshooting time.

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