ITunes 9.2 does not show iTunesU files at all (iTunes 9.1 did)

Question

Hi everybody,
After upgrading to iTunes 9.2, iTunes stopped showing iTunes U files I had moved to my 30GB 5th gen iPod (Windows formatted).
When I first move iTunes U files to my iPod, they show up in iTunes under Music, with iTunesU as the genre. This is fine, I know the firmware does not allow an iTunesU category for this iPod, and it is OK. But after using my iPod for a while, iTunes will no longer show these files. They are gone in iTunes 9.2 (this was not the case in previous versions). My iPod still shows these files, and I can play them just fine. But I cannot see them in iTunes, and I cannot delete them. (Can I delete files in my iPod without using a computer?) These files stay as Other under iTunes, and take up space, but they are invisible to iTunes (on Mac or Win).
I have already gone through one cycle of reformatting my iPod using iTunes, I don't want to do it again.
Is anybody else seeing this? Any workarounds, or is this a bug with new iTunes 9.2?

Answer 1

I am experiencing a similar problem, as well. I have downloaded some Apple Developer videos that I wanted (available on iTunes U) and converted them (within iTunes) to the standard def iPhone/iPod video format. I would check to make sure that you've
The weird thing is that the files sync'ed over into my library - and I am able to watch the videos just fine on my iPhone 3GS (running iOS 4 with iTunes 9.2 (61)). However, for the life of me I cannot get the iTunes U playlist that I created to sync properly with my iPhone. It copies the playlist name - which is a good sign - but if I go to it on my iPhone it's completely empty.
Here is what I have tried so far:
1) Verified that the iTunes U videos have been converted properly and can play on my iPhone
2) Verified that there are iTunes U videos in my playlist (which I have named "Apple Development Videos"
3) Verified that "Sync iTunes U" has been checked within iTunes - with the option selected to automatically include all items of all collections (although I have tried it by explicitly including individual iTunes U content and explicitly selecting the "Apple Development Videos" playlist as well)
4) Manually syncing iTunes with my iPhone - the "Apple Development Videos" list comes over, the videos in iTunes U are playable on the iPhone, but the playlist is still empty
To make things worse, I figured I would try manually adding the iTunes U videos to the playlist on the iPhone. When I do that, the videos STILL do not appear in the playlist - and when it syncs with iTunes I have a playlist that has duplicate entries.
Sounds like a bug to me; hopefully this will be resolved in the near future