ITunes says that my iPod cannot be synced because I'm out of space, but the capacity display at the bottom shows I have plenty of space.

This image shows what's wrong. iTunes says that I need 1.74 GB more to sync, but the display at the bottom clearly shows that this isn't the case; it's the breakdown of storage on my iPod after a sync. What can I do?
iPod touch 4th gen running iOS 5.0.1.

It means you try to sync an amount of content to your iPod Mini that exceeds for 4 GB, or the amount of space that is available on the iPod.  See this article for more details.
How to sync music to your iPod when your library is bigger than your iPod storage space
B-rock

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