IPhone not syncing, says dupicate file name was specified

Seems to sync some stuff, but then the sync fails and I get this error message near the end of the sync.
I think it may be when it is syncing photos from iTunes, but am not sure what is going on.
This is really frustrating. I am now on my last straw and am attempting a Restore of my iPhone 4 to see if that solves the problem.

A full restore seems to have solved it, though it sure took a while.
Wonder what was the cause of that. I think it was Photos, as if I turned Photos off it seemed to sync, but a restore seems to have solved it either way.

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