4G 20GB ipod showing less space and I've already emtied the trash

Hey all,
I have an interesting thing going on.
Basically I have a 20GB iPod
In the finder if I bring up an info window for the ipod it shows that 18.5gb are taken up and there are 1.5gb or so free space.
Here's where it gets interesting. Earlier, I offloaded some files from my ipod so I could free space on the ipod. About 4gb worth of files.
I was in a studio class and we used my ipod for disk space and worked off of the drive because the network it the school was horribly bogging down. We were working on a podcast in iMovie. This all worked fine. when we were done, we deleted the files that we were working from that were on my iPod after backing them up elsewhere. Then I don't believe the trash was emptied at that time.
I'm now at home on my laptop and emptied the trash and it shows. that I have 18.5gb taken up. I know this is impossible as the files from the podcast were deleted from my iPod and the trash was emptied. My trash bin shows that it is empty even if I open it. Not a thing there.
Next, I've used an application called Disk Inventory X. A great app that allows you to index and get a visual representation on what's hogging the space on your drives so you can zone in on stuff you don't need when you're fighting for disk space.
In this case, it showed everything itemized and in a visual like it always does but this time it shows files totaling less than 12gb. This includes all of my iTunes library that is loaded on it. That comes up in a folder called "iPod_Control" and then in folders "Music" "iTunes" "Device" and a file "iPodPrefs". So yes it is clear that the application Disk Inventory X is showing all of the files.
Now.. the big question is what's going on with the rest of the 5gb or so that are unaccounted for? The space that was clearly there before. I've tried to put those files that were stored on my iPod before it was used for the podcast but it says there is not sufficient space.
Anyone have any ideas?
J

Thanks very much Jeff.
I figured that was the next plan of action. I hope that resolveds the problem. I just have to free up some hard drive space to backup some files and stuff first.
Take Care.

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