My Ipod 4th gen won't play certain songs/displays wrong name

I got a referbished Ipod nano two months back and it worked just fine. Then all my music was erased from Itunes for whatever reason (not important.) Then I restored all my songs from my Ipod by transfering all the encoded files into the itunes folder. This worked just fine on Itunes (everything plays just fine) but when I synced my Ipod I noticed that a lot of the songs wouldn't play. when I click on a song it will go into the song interface quickly then go back to the menu screen. also when I would play all the songs by an artist it would skip massive chunks of songs and only play one or two. When it did play a song it would trip up and display the details for the next song and would require some effort to get it to display the right thing. Also when I would click on some songs it would take two tries to get it to play. I noticed that this only happens on songs that I transfered from my old mp3 player and not songs that I bought on Itunes. anyway any help is appreciated. Please respond.

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- Reset the iOS device. Nothing will be lost
Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Unsync/delete all music and resync
To delete all music go to Settings>General>Usage>Storage>Music>Tap edit in upper right and then tap the minus sign by All Music
- Reset all settings
Go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset All Settings.
All your preferences and settings are reset. Information (such as contacts and calendars) and media (such as songs and videos) aren’t affected.
- Restore from backup. See:
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- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.
If still problem, make an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store since it appears you have a hardware problem.
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