Help - my songs don't show up on 30G w/ video...

Everything worked yesterday...
I connected to my PC and added some files (not songs) & disconnected with no issues.
Today, I turn on my Ipod and nothing is on it. However, when I connect it to my PC, and click into MY COMPUTER & show hidden files, IPod Control appears. When I click into that, and look @ the Music folder, 2,343 files show up, so my music is still there...
Then when I go to the ipod Settings > About
Songs 0
Videos 0
Photos 0
Capacity 27.8 GB
Available 14.4 GB
Has anybody had this happen? Help please....
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NO! DONT RESTORE IT THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE! Post
again if you havnt restored yet.
If the songs are in iTunes, why not restore and then reupdate the music onto the iPod?
What's your "alternative" just because the song files are visible in a hidden folder on the iPod?
The reason the songs are not visible on the iPod is because there is something up with the iTunes_DB file. If the songs are in iTunes, then restoring the iPod will allow iTunes to recreate that iTunes_DB file, allowing you to play the songs on the iPod.
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