Music and videos do not sync from iTunes to iPhone 4

Hi all, any help on this issue appreciated. I have recently purchased an iPhone 4 and wanted to sync music and some videos on to it. I have successfully done this on my iPod Nano. But when I attempt it with the iPhone 4, the iTunes program freezes or stalls, and in Windows task manager it shows the program as 'Not responding'. I've probably tried it about 10 times now with different songs or videos but the same thing happens.
Does anyone have any idea why this is happening. Could it be my PC just being a bit old? Seems strange though when it works fine for the iPod.
Thanks

I'm having that problem with a number of podcasts as well. I'm getting a error message that the files will not play on the iphone.
I've tried switching usb ports, restoring iphone, uninstalling and reinstalling itunes, fixing permissions, rebooting, etc.
I've been able to download a podcast onto the iphone through the itunes app, which then plays fine until I synch w/ itunes and then itunes removes the podcast.
help?

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