My computer doesn't recognize my ipod nano, instead it shows "metadata-never-index"   how do i fix this problem

I wanted to update the songs on my ipod, but when I plugged it into my computer nothing happened, so in the start menu I went to computer to open it that way but there was a metadata-never-index, I have no idea what that is or what to do with it.  What can I do.
Thanks for your help.

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