Can't Drag N Drop Movies To iTouch/iTunes

I've had my 16GB iTouch for about a month now, and up until today, I only had my Apps and Movies on my iTouch.
I had my Apps set in iTunes 8.2 to Sync All APlications.
For Movies, I just had my own files that I converted to proper MP4 format, and I would drag and drop them from explorer to the Movies subset that showed on my Touch in iTunes (on the left). Then I would delete the movies from my hard drive, everything worked great! I just want to drag n drop Movies manually this way rather than have iTunes auto sync.
Well, today I decided to add some music. So, I added some music files (AAC) to my Music folder in iTunes, set my Touch to Sync Music (All Songs and Playlists).
I hit Sync, and I thought everything went smoothly. Well, low and behold, this deleted ALL the Movies on my Touch! And now I can no longer just drag and drop Movies from my hard drive into the Movies subset of my Touch in iTunes... I get a red circle with a line thru it.
The only way to add Movies now is to add them to iTunes and set it to auto sync movies (leaving them on my hard drive).
I did a RESTORE FROM BACKUP to my Ipod Touch, and things were back to normal. I can drag and drop Movies again!
But as soon as I enable auto syncing of Music, I lose the ability to drag and drop Movies onto my Touch thru iTunes... and it deletes any movies currently on my Touch!
I have latest iTunes 8.2 and firmware OS 3.0

Ah I discovered the reason.
When you check the Sync Music And Playlists, the Manually Manage Music & Videos option on the main page of the iTouch in iTunes becomes unchecked.
Once i re-enabled this option, I could drag and drop videos again. Kinda wonky, but it works!

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