ITunes downloaded video...no sound when transferred to iPod

I posted this question a while back and a "b noir" took me through putting the sample video on my iPod (it wouldn't play audio either) and upgrading the software on my iPod. Neither of these things did anything to remedy the situation. The video I downloaded from iTunes plays in iTunes, QuickTime, Windows Media Center, etc... with full audio but not on my iPod.
If anyone has any other suggestions, I would appreciate hearing from you.

Appreciate the response...our situations are slightly different. I assumed from the thread that you were dealing with video that had to be converted. I am dealing with video purchased straight from iTunes and shouldn't need anything but uploading to the iPod.
My iPod plays the video from start to finish flawlessly yet silently. b stopped short of having me restore the iPod opting instead to have me upgrade the software (which didn't solve the issue).
I didn't know if b had any other ideas short of restoring the unit. It's been several days since I heard anything that is the reason for the new thread.

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This is not my area of expertise - hopefully someone will offer some "expert" help.
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