'Other' storage taking over my iPod Nano

I use my ipod Nano (4th gen) primarily for mp3 files, but have a few videos. I have no pictures on it, but I just checked in iTunes and it says I have 2.1 GB of Photos and a whopping 7.3 GB of my total 15 GB registering as 'Other' - how can I get rid of these mystery files?
Thanks in advance,
Deb

Thanks. I would prefer not having to totally restore my iPod, if possible, since I would lose music and other audios that I have on my iPod but lost on my computer in a hard drive failure. Also, I am manually updating my iPod and have never used the sync feature to add music, videos or other files.
That said, when I plug it into my computer, it does say it is syncing...
Is restore my only option?
Deb

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