Sync Smart Albums

I have Mac with 10.5.7 and iTunes 8.2.1. I am trying to sync both my iPhone 3.0 and my iPod with my MacBook Pro. Most of my smart albums sync but others remain blank on either of my devices. I have tried manually syncing and auto syncing and the same results. I have unchecked and rechecked the music list in the iTunes sections when selecting either device. Not sure why the selected Smart Albums in either device are not syncing what is present in the Smart Albums on the computer.

Forgot to mention that I have tons of room on my iPod. That is not an issue. For example one of the folders on my iPod is meant to hold only 5 songs, yet, it is blank and the main folder located on iTunes has those 5 songs in it.

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Hi - thanks for replying.
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