Music not appearing in iPod, but the data is there

I have a 30G 5thGen iPod. Had it for almost a year. Updated the firmware when it came out recently (a week or two ago). It's been working okay, but just today, when I hooked it up to my iMac, message popped up at the iTunes interface asking me to name the iPod etc -- like you'd do when you first get the iPod. Now the music and videos are not showing up (I can see the photos, games, etc, but no music at all -- no artists, songs, playlists, albums. Clock is screwed up as well). I go into 'Music/Artist" etc, and there's just nothing there. But the amount of data on the iPod is unchanged. The bar that shows the % of storage (Music-Videos-Photos, etc) is just solid orange, 'Other'.
So the data is there. The music and vidoes must be there. Why aren't they showing up in the iPod's screen?
I went through the steps: tried resetting it several times. Tried a new USB port. Tried resetting the iPod with the USB power adapter. Tried restarting my iMac. I have the latest software. I guess the next step is to do a 'Restore', which I was hoping to avoid.
Can anyone shed any light on this? Is there something else I can try before I do a Restore?
Thanks very much.
iMac Mac OS X (10.4.8)

It's just that I manage the iPod content manually, so I'll have to reload the music again manually. Kind of a pain that I'd prefer to avoid unless absolutely necessary.
iMac Mac OS X (10.4.8)

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