IOS 5 won't play my movies on iPad

Something odd seems to have happened with the iOS5 update. Some of my movies -- movies I'd made using iMovie on my iMac -- would not sync on my iPad anymore. Before the upgrade, they had copied to the iPad from iTunes in the iMac, and played fine on the iPad. Now, some of them -- not all -- won't load/sync on the iPad anymore. An error message comes up -- to the effect that there sound isn't compatible.
I can't imagine what thi means: these movies play fine on the iMac, with audio. They open in Quicktime. But they now won't transfer to the iPad, whereas before the upgrade they did!
The movies were made with iMovie on the iPad, and exported specifically for the iPhone, iPod, iPad, etc.
Oddly, the option to made an iPad/Apple TV version is now greyed out in iMovie on the iPad.
Question:
1) Is anyone else have this or similar problems?
2) Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Hal

This seems to be a bug in the Music app. Here is how I solved it for my iPhone 3GS:
Connect the device using iTunes, and UN-check everything in the "Music" section.
Sync the device with iTunes. This will remove all music from the device.
RE-check any (or all) items you want to sync in the "Music" section.
Sync the device with iTunes again.
Be patient. This will probably take a long time.
Sync the device with iTunes again, just to be sure.
Once finished, your music should be restored, and will play properly.
Good Luck!

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