IPod Only Charges on Computer.  HELP!

I've got a 30gig Video iPod, and a Monster iPod adapter, and it will not charge my iPod at all. NI've tried several different car-chargers/transmitter and none charge my iPod. The only way I can charge it is through the computer.
When it is connected in the car, it transmits fine, but simply will not charge, and acts as if it it's not plugged into anything.
What's going on here? Anybody got an idea?

I have a similar problem. I live in a house with my parents. My mother has the 4th gen 20GB iPod (no color screen) and I have the 5th Gen 80GB Video iPod. She has iTunes on her computer on one end of the house she uses to keep her iPod updated, I have my own on the other end of the house I use to keep mine updated. We do not mix or use one another's iPod on the others computer. We both use a sepreate iPod AC charger when not in use to keep the iPods charged.
The last two days I have noticed when I plug in my iPod (80Gb Video) to charge with the AC adapter, it does nothing. No show that it is receiving any power. Same with my mothers iPod (20GB 4th Gen).I went to use my mothers AC adapter and the same thing, nothing. No battery icon or any show that the iPod is receiving power. When plugged into our respective computers, they update just fine, and when updating is complete, they show they are O.K. to eject, and are being charged, although very, very slowly. This is why I have always used the AC adapter to charge my iPod, and my mothers as well. This has worked as it has supposed to until the last few days. Now the only way to charge either iPod is to keep them connected via USB 2.0 to the computer or when driving, we both use a Fm charger/transmitter that plays the iPod over FM radio while charging at the same time. It is the dLo car Fm charger and transmitter I bought in 2004, and it still works without a problem. Both iPods fit in it and have worked flawlessly.
I have tried to plug my iPod into every outlet in the house, using her AC adapter on mine and vice versa to see if there is any difference. I have reset both iPod's and still get the same result. It acts as if the chargers are not even plugged in. When you plug a AC adapter into a wall socket and then your iPod, it always makes the iPod come on and show it's status. Now it does nothing. It is as if it was not even plugged in. I have no idea why this is happening. The iPods both work and play as normal when turned on, but it is as if two separate AC charges decided to do the same thing at the same exact time, which i find to be more than coincidence. We are both using iTunes 7.1.0.59 and are downloading the new iTunes 7.1.1 as I type this, hoping that this might be the problem or could fix this. I have run McAfee Virus scan on both computer, and bith are up to date and clean. McAfee does not intefere with iTunes or iPod, and has not posed any problems ever with my iPod or iTunes..
I am hoping someone has had this problem or knows what could be causing it. Any help is appreciated.
Thank you for your help,
Brian.

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