5G ipod hold switch doesn't work during video

Often, when I start playing a video, the hold switch has zero effect; it never locks the controls. Then later, when I start playing music, the hold switch starts working again. I have seen this behavior enough that I now believe it is a software bug, and not a hardware issue with my iPod.
Any truth to this? Or am I seeing a hardware anomaly and I should swap it out (its under 30 days).

Switched it out at the apple store, hardware was defective....

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I guess you may need to get it replaced with new one.
Just visit Apple store, if you live by.
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b Does the computer recognize it?
yes
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5G ipod hold switch doesn't work during video

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