All of my iTunes library is greyed out on my IPod

Some time ago, I downloaded some songs and when I synced them to my iPod, they were greyed out and I couldn't play them on the iPod touch. ( I can still play them in my iTunes library on my computer. )
Today, I had to 'restore' my ipod, so all of my music was wiped. I synced my itunes library to my iPod, and all of the music is there, but it's greyed out and I can't play any of it. None of the 800 songs are able to be played.
I've tried resetting my iPod already and they are still greyed out. I don't think restoring it again will help, as that is what got me this problem.
what can I do?

You should have de-authorized your mac before reformatting its hard disk.
Authorizing information is stored in a file on your hard disk and might get lost under certain circumstances like mainboard exchange, major hardware changes ...

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