IPod Mini 'Recently Played' playlist not updating...any ideas?

Does anyone have any idea why my 'Recently Played' playlist on my
iPod mini would suddenly stop updating itself?
I tried to fix it by connecting to my computer and deleting the playlist
through iTunes and creating a new 'Smart Playlist' with exactly the
same settings of the last 'Recently Played' playlist but now, the new
'Recently Played' playlist on the iPod is just staying the same, its not
updating, its the songs that were played on my computer before I
disconnected my iPod, so it's not even the songs from my iPod...
Hope that makes sense.....anyone got any ideas?

I'm not a user of smart playlists, but could it have something to do with this?
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=896633&ft=y&#896633

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