160GB iPod syncs about 50GB and tells me it's out of memory space...

When I sync my iPod it syncs for a while but then iTunes tells me it couldn't sync all the music because there wasn't enough space. It shows me about 50GB of music is on the iPod but I have around 100GB that needs to be on the iPod

If you see a message saying there isn't enough space, then you need to find out what is using that space.
Connect the iPod to iTunes and then look on the Device/Summary screen. (This appears in iTunes when the iPod is connected.) You will see a *capacity bar* at the bottom of the Summary screen that shows how much space is being used by *Audio, Videos, Pictures, Other.* Note that Audio includes audio Podcasts as well as your music, so if you have more than 50GB of music it may be because of Podcasts.
So, is the audio figure about 50GB? How much video is listed? Pictures should take last place, so they are only added after all your music and therefore I would not expect Pictures to be using up the extra space. However, how much Other is listed? Other is a mixture of "stuff" the iPod needs to use and faulty files. I would expect your Other to be approxiamtely 1 or 2GB. If it's much larger, you may need to perform a Restore to get rid of the excess Other.
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