Deleting hidden movies?

I have had a few movies and videos on my iPad 2 for about two months and which I would watch using the Video player app.  Yesterday, I synced my iPad to iTunes and now the movies do not show up in my Video player or iPad anymore, however, the hard drive space on the iPad is still recognizing that they're there even though I cannot see them.  Is there a way to delete these hidden files before/without syncing the iPad to my PC?   I realize I can sync again and fix the issue, but unfortunately, I will not be near my PC for quite some time to sync, so I need a different solution.  Thanks!

Called Apple and got a resolution to the problem, at least it works for me.
When ITunes starts with your IPod connected, the Summary page shows a picture of your Ipod, the version number of your software and some options.
The third option, "Manually manage music and videos" must be checked.
Once I put a check mark in there, the list of music on the Ipod became active and I could delete as desired.
Hope that helps.

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