None of my iPod 5g Content shows in iTunes after backup

After performing my ritual backup before I updated to 8.2, all the music and video content that is STILL ON my ipod does not show up in iTunes. The files are still on the iPod and it works fine on it's own. The iPod itself shows up in iTunes, but the Music, Movies, TV & Ringtones all show up blank, but the books still show up. I tried to copy some new music on there but it will not transfer. This basically means I currently don't have the ability to edit/add/delete any of the content on my iPod.
I have tried to reset it several times with no change, since this happened during a backup, the backup is no help. Have tried it on other computer with newest version of iTunes with same result.
Really ****** it happened during a normal backup. Really don't want to start over from scratch since I have the 64GB and it is pretty much full.
Any suggestions?

I Think it is showing you what it is set to sync, not your iPod contents, which as you noted, is almost full.
It does this all the time, it predicts how much space the chosen sync will consume. If you select sync music, etc, it would change to show full.

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