Ipod touch 5 doesn't play music not purchased

I tried everything.  I restore my iPod to not just on back up, but I even restored it to manufacturer/brand new. I tried manually dragging my music, and I tried syncing it.  I thought it was space but this is a 32 GB ipod touch, and I've had doubled the music before than I'm trying now, and it's still not working.  I'm so fustrated with this.  And of course it happens just yesterday, after the last update.  I dreally don't know what's wrong.  Everything else is fine.

What exactly happens when you try to sync?
Was the iPod previous synced to another iTunes library/computer?
Have you successfully synced from this iTunes library/computer before?
If so have you done anything like update iTunes on the computer since it last successfully synced?
Do the songs play in iTunes?         
What is the format of the songs and where were the songs obtained?
Does any media now sync to the iPod?
Do you have the right boxes checked to sync?
iTunes: Syncing media content to iOS devices and iPod       
Try syncing using the manual method                
Managing content manually on iPhone, iPad, and iPod

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