IPod music library erased when synching movies

I tried putting some movies (short clips from my digital camera) that are stored in my iTunes library onto my iPod. I followed the steps to sync movies and hit "apply". For some reason all that happened is my entire iPod music library began erasing. The movies never transfered to the iPod and my photos are still on my iPod. I reloaded the music from my iTunes library and tried syncing the movies again and the same thing happend. What is going on? And, is there anyway to retrieve my original iPod music library. I had about 1800 songs on the iPod and only have about 1200 in iTunes.

I reloaded the music from my iTunes library and tried syncing the movies again and the same thing happend.
This should all be done in one sync.
Are you syncing the music then turning off sync music to sync the movies?
is there anyway to retrieve my original iPod music library. I had about 1800 songs on the iPod and only have about 1200 in iTunes.
No. They should all be in iTunes. If not, you can restore them from your backup.

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