My 5th-g iPod won't recognize videos?

Alright... so my new 5th generation iPod synched with my library... so it has all of my music on it now... but when it tries to synch with my videos, I get this error message:
"Some of the items in the iTunes library, including __insert video name here__, were not copied to the iPod "Sav's iPod" becaue they cannot be played on this iPod."
Yeah... except it's an iPod with video capabilities... so it should be able to play videos. Help?

what format are the files in? avi? the ipod video only supports mp4 and one other video file.. you will need to convert your files to mp4 so the ipod can read the file..
go to www.versiontracker.com
there are many programs there that will allow you to convert the files into mp4. some are free others are not..

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