IPod refuses to import .mp4s

My 60GB video iPod is being unruly. I open iTunes and attempt to put .mp4s on to it and the little green "+" does not appear as I hold and drag the file over the iPod icon in the side bar.
There is plenty of space, at least 48GB, and when I try to "convert selection for iPod" it says it's already in the right format!
It's doing it for both files that are not on the iPod already and also for other videos in my library that have successfully been imported previously(and still are on the iPod).
Can anyone help me out?

If you have the manuealy update ipod setting on try switching to automatic and see if the upload to it.Also watch the videos in itunes den try uploading again

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