HT1296 unable to play files on itunes

Hi I can see all my itunes files ie music and audiobooks on my computer but cannot sync with my iphone 4. when I try to play the files I get an error message original file cannot be found any help

All I knew to do was to do some testing on the audio setting like you said were not compatible.
So, I went through and tested all audio possibilites with the Apple TV 2 settings.
Found out that all the ACC settings would play and all of the AC3 settings won't.
Anyway, I then upped the bitrate as high as it would let me on each ACC setting possibiltiy.
The ACC w 6 channel discrete @ 768 bitrate sounded the best with no noticable problems like I was having before.
The sound effects did not drown out the voice dialog. (Which was the problem I was having before)
Now I can watch them on iTunes and stream to my Apple TV (2nd gen) with no problems!
Thanks for your help vazandrew.

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