Itunes crashes if ipod is connected, help???

itunes version 6.0.4.2 crashed when i connect my ipod. i can see my ipod as an usb device and am able to transfer data (from and on) but it is not possible to do anything with itunes. i later installed itunes version 7.0.2.16 but that did not help either. also most of the files shown on the ipod are not accessible (videos and music) for whatever reason...
the only thing that i changed was the automatic synchronize option which i turned off.
if anybody knows what to do please help...

I discovered another thread posting which mentioned that Diego episodes were causing some sort of corruption which prevent the sync ad crashing iTunes. Deleted the podcasts from both iPhone (using swipe function) and iTunes (without iPhone connected) and it seemed to fix the problem.

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