Cant sync most of my music onto iphone 4

Im having problems syncing my iphone 4. Contacts, messages and apps etc have all synced ok onto iphone 4 however it doesnt put most of my music on there. I have a playlist i use to sync for my old 3g phone, but when i try to sync to new 4g i get error message saying 'could not copy .... to sams iphone because unknown error occured (-50)'
can anyone help me?

Texas Mac Man post (2/10/2012) on "Other" data on iOS device - https://discussions.apple.com/message/19861751
https://discussions.apple.com/message/20053939 - "If it is much more than a gb or so, then it indicates corrupt files.  A restore should resolve." "If restoring using your backup didn't work, you'll have to save as much of your data as you can (import your photos to your computer, sync your contacts and other data with iCloud, email things like Notes and Voice Memos to yourself, sync with iTunes to transfer all your purchases, etc.) and then restore it as new without using your backup." - https://discussions.apple.com/message/20054011

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