My iPod Video won't work with videos!

my ipod video (that i got for christmas) won't work with videos, tv shows, etc. with movies, it says it is loading for about 10 seconds and then it goes back to the menu. same with tv shows, but is completely black screen. help! i don't know what is going on and i really need my ipod to play videos.
Windows XP

Just want to thank you for this brilliant solution. It worked!! I also want you to know that I actually went into the apple store today, and none of the clerks had any idea how to fix this. That excludes the ''genius bar'' which had a five hour wait for appointments! Thank you so much again, merrymusic

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