IPod Video Storage Question

I have an older 30 GB iPod Video (called the Classic now, I think?). I keep only music on it, and while I've long since outgrown the storage capacity, I like to keep it as full as possible.
I understand that I only have about 28 GB of usable space, but when I sync my music I'm also showing about 1.8 GB of "Other". What is this? Since only music is set to sync the only thing I can think of is album artwork. I feel like there's a way to disallow album art from syncing, but I can't seem to find it.
Any help appreciated.

Hello KeenerKat,
And welcome to Apple Discussions!
The Other section could apply to any Notes, files you may have stored on the iPod (if you have it enabled as an external hard disc), album artwork as you noted, and lastly, some of it is decidicated to the iPod's O/S or software. So basically, there will always be space occupied by this section on your iPod.
If you feel as though the amount of space occupied by the Other section is unusually large (in the GB's) then I would recommend restoring the iPod via iTunes. Of course, much of this space in your case may be applied or due to the album artwork stored on the iPod.
If you have upgraded to iTunes 9, then the option to not include album artwork is no longer available. No word on if it will ever be returned either. You could suggest getting it back to Apple through the link below.
http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html
Hope this helps.
B-rock

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