Ipod Mini is not playing songs

I put 74 songs on my ipod mini today. Whenever I select a song the meter at the bottom says 0:00 and skips it. I tried reseting and that did nothing.

If they are iTunes purchased songs this has been a problem in the past.
I am sure there are threads on this site that will give you some options, I also wrote about this one in the past on my own site - http://www.kuite.com/mt/archives/2005_07.html#000482
Best Regards-
Randy

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