IPod Touch 4th Generation: This Movie Could Not Be Played

Dear Apple Support Community,
I'll ask this question here to see if anyone can help me out. I've been having this problem for a while now but it's beginning to get to me. I have 30 films bought straight off iTunes along with 8 TV series totalling at around 40GB. The problem is that every time I sync these films over to my iPod I just get this error when I go to play them: This Movie Could Not Be Played. The video format is correct and they have played on the same iPod before. They are SD if that makes a difference and I have tried every soultion I know of. I have restored to iOS 4.3.5 with no success and have also reset all the settings after scouring the web with no success either. If there is anything I need to do or have missed out that may help me solve this problem please tell me.
Thanks,
Alex Holyoake
Edit: I forgot to mention that it can play music videos just fine, suspiciously...
Message was edited by: Stairhopper

Ok, I am replying to my own problem. I synced 1 more movie from itunes. This new movie played ok then they all played ok!!!

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