Itunes plays songs, but ipod doesn't

I am having a huge problem with my ipod! This is since I uploaded my songs to my computer and back to my ipod using eph pod. All of my songs seem to be on the ipod in formats that are okay, ie mp3 or m4p, but most of them are skipped by the ipod when I try to play them. All except for the mp3 files. I can't sync or anything like that, because i don't keep my music library on my computer, I backed it up to CDs. But when I plug my ipod into my computer, itunes plays ALL of the songs just fine. What should I do!!!!!
Thanks so much!

Hi,
I'm just going to give you a quick how to... so here it goes.
1. Back up all your songs into a folder on your computer.
2. Install iTunes 7 www.apple.com/itunes/download/ and all relevant updates.
3. Once that is done, use the backup/format install tool inside iTunes 7, comes up when you connect the iPod.
4. Then add items to your library again, and transfer them to the iPod.
Basically reformatting the iPod shoudl work. Make sure the the songs definatly play in iTunes and dont skip. You could find that the iPod has disk errors.
Let me know how it goes.
Marc5000

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