Other Data  - Restore Doesn't help

I have mutiple ipods.  All of them are being filled up with "other" data when I sync with itunes.  I can restore them - but "other" comes right back.  What do I do?

Maybe, it is old, but I'm having the same problem on 3 newer ipods. 5.3 GB of other on a 7.5 GB nano.  4.6 GB of other on a similar nano.  9.2 GB of other on a 30 GB classic.  We sync an ipad wirelessly, and it only has about 1.5 GB of other. (It also doesn't have as much music on it)  I also get a "can't eject ipod - files in use by another application" message when I try to eject on all of these ipods.  I'm wondering if Spotify may be causing the second problem, but don't think it would be causing the "other".

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