IPod Uploads Songs It Already Has

Hi,
I don't know if this is normal behavious or not.
I've noticed that when I plug in my ipod (it is sent to automatically update only a couple of selected playlists), the free space will shoot up by a certain amount (varying) and then it will upload a lot of tunes that have been in my library for ever.
I would understand this if i had changed any ID3 tag information, but I haven't. I have a feeling it could be tracks I've played since last time (can't be 100% sure though).
It seems a bit excessive to reupload the whole song just to update the playcount. Is that not the point of the .xml library file?!?!
Look forward to your input,
THanks,
Ben

Thanks peeble, yeh I understand that the info. is synched. I always though this was just done by an entry in the library file though. It seems very odd to have to upload the actual mp3 file again to get that info to the ipod, doesn't it?!
Ben

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