IPod Classic 160 GB refuses to sync a 70 GB iTunes library

Title says it all: my iTunes library is well below the maximum capacity of my iPod, but I still get a message that the library is too big to fit on the Classic's disc.
I am not getting negative error messages (as stated by others here on the discussion board), there are no corrupt files and I checked the discs. I also deselected syncing of my movies, series, podcasts and photos (although there should be enough room to sync those, too: they amount to about another 70 GB). I also restaured the iPod with only music syncing left, with no success.
Funny thing is, iTunes always reports that there needs to be about 48,8 GB free but that there are only 48,2 GB available (this was before I deselected photo syncing). When I deselected photo syncing (about 3 GB), those two numbers didn't change in any significant way, as far as I can tell.
Anyone got an idea what's going on here?
Message was edited by: Charel

Thank your for your suggestion, but I think now it is related to my putting the smart playlists into a folder of their own (to reduce clutter).
As soon as I select those to sync, I get the error message.
This seems bizarre to me, because, as I understand it, smart playlists should increase iPods content only by a few hundred bytes at most, but somehow removing them from their default location may trigger an additional copy of all the songs included to be transferred to the iPod.

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Hi
i´m long time reader , first time "complainer".
I had an Ipod 4G then 5.5 Video 80 Gig and had no problems with them.
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Ipod classic simply refuses to play some of them.
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IPod Classic 160 GB refuses to sync a 70 GB iTunes library

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