Is this a i-tunes error

Question

i have a 30gb i-pod classic and in my i-tunes i have somewhere in the neighborhood of 1030 songs but on my i-pod its says that i only have something like 915 songs. why is there such a difference ?

Answer 1

Hello there again stangman,
There are a few things you could check.
1. If you have your iPod set to sync all checked songs and videos, make sure that every song that you are syncing to your library has a check mark next to it in iTunes. One way to check all the songs simultaneously is to hold down the control button and click one of the check boxes next to the song. This will select all of them. You may have to do this twice, because the first time removes all the check marks.
2. Secondly, are you receiving any sort of error messages while syncing your iPod with iTunes? If so, what the does error say?
3. Are there any exclamation marks next to any the songs in your library? If so, that means iTunes is unable to locate the file for that song, which means it will not be able to sync over to iTunes. This problem will probably show up as an error when you sync your iPod to iTunes.
4. There may be duplicate songs in your library. To check, head to the File drop down menu and choose "Show Duplicates." If there are any, that may be account for some of the missing or extra songs because the duplicates will not sync over.
Another option is to use a program such as [YamiPod|http://www.yamipod.com/main/modules/home> to export a list of songs from your iPod to compare to your iTunes library if you wanted to go that route.
Hope this helps at least a little bit.
B-rock