ITunes 5 upgrade hosed a lot of audio files

Upgrading to iTunes 5 hosed quite a few files that were working in iTunes 4. Almost all the Griffin radio id's got hosed and a lot of music as well--maybe 1-2% or less but that's still a lot. All these files still exist on my iPod--is there any way to return them to my iTunes 5 library?

doh!!!! ok--I just got it--thanks--I'll check it out.--just tried to download the app but there seems to be a problem with their server--so far the download dialog is showing 7+ hours for downloading a 3.2 mb file and yes I'm on dsl. Thanks anyway--Willy

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