Newly installed OS4 won't play all songs

Hey all,
I just installed OS4 and now it won't play all my songs. It only plays about 50% of my library. I compared some of the songs that it skips to some that it plays and they have the same file types and details and such, so I don't know what's happening since they all played when I had 3.1.3.
Any ideas?

I might be seeing something smilar.
I've got an iPod touch (4th gen.) to which I've downloaded 5.878 songs, all via iTunes Match. (I've deleted all music from it and redownloaded it via iTunes Match.)
Now when I try to play playlists containing these songs, the triangular "play" icon shows in the status bar and the "pause" button shows near the bottom of the Music app, all indicating that there should be music playing. The counter remains at 0:00, however, and nothing can be heard, whether I try to use the iPod's internal speaker, the headphone jack or the dock connector.
If I switch to the Artist tab and make a selection, it plays fine. Same with the Songs tab and the Albums tab. It seems to be only the Playlists tab that refuses to actually play.
I've tried rebooting the iPod touch, without success. I've also tried restoring from a backup, with no success. I'm at a loss for what else to try.

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