All ipod files have been converted to "other" how do i fix w/out restoring

all of my music and video, and other files in general have been converted to "other" when my ipod was unfortunately ripped from my computer and it now says i have 0 music,0 playlists, and 0 videos. everything is listed as "other" and I cannot reach anything else. my real problem is that I don't want to Restore my Ipod. Restoring my ipod is my absolute last choice. I was wondering if anyone had any advice on how i could get my music back without restoring my ipod because i don't have all of my music and videos on my computer any longer and it would be and extremely hard task getting everything that was in the library back considering size and how i don't sync because i need everything perfectly organized. any advice or help would be awesome. thanks.

Have a look at these instructions for recovering music from your iPod.
Music from iPod to computer (using option 2). This a manual method using "hidden folders" and although it works, it relies on the iPod database being accessible.
It may well be that that database is corrupt (hence all the music being unable to be read by the iPod and showing as other), and in that case a restore is your only option.
how i don't sync because i need everything perfectly organized.
I'm not clear as to what you mean by that. Surely if you want everything "perfectly organized" then auto syncing your iPod to your iTunes library is the way to go since that would give you a mirror image of your iTunes on your iPod.
By the sound of it you don't have all these music and videos etc in your iTunes library (or a back up anyplace else). Now you can see why that's a bad idea.
If you had a back up, you could simply restore the iPod and reload the content.

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