Ipod 5G video- Fails to charge- please offer advice

Hi, I have an iPod video 5G which was working perfectly until recently, when i didn't use it for a week; when i went to charge it again it simply showed "Please wait very low battery" against a dark background- i.e. not back-lit- for four whole days. without getting enough charge to turn on.
Once plugged into a wall charger however, it turned on instantly showing full battery- and didn't charge at all. I could then unplug it (having got it to turn on using wall charger power- avoiding the 3 second image of a empty battery I normally now get when trying to turn on)) and it stayed on for the normal running time, with full brightness and no backlight timer.
i have no music on it as i have tried multiple resets- getting to disk mode by starting up on the wall charger.
I have tried everything suggested on the support page, the ipod has never left the case i got for it a year ago, i have the most up to date itunes, I am using USB 2.0- on a port I know i can charge it on, and i have the same problem with other computers. The battery can't be dead because it stays on for hours after booting whilst on a charger...
Can anyone recommend anything?
Would buying a new battery fix this??
Thanks for any helpful ideas...

Whenever I had a problem, mine use to freeze up and I couldn't do anything with it, even a reset wouldn't work, I would plug it into the wall charger and left it plugged for hours (because when first plugging it nothing would happen) and finally it reset itself and went into the normal charge. I don't know about loosing the music.

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