Phone and iTunes disagree on free space

My phones under usage section says I have 3.6Gb of free space, when I try and sync in iTunes it says I am 964Mb Over capacity so will not synch. Any suggestions as to how to resolve?
It also says I have 4 films on the phone (1.8Gb) when I have none. And is registering 4.87Gb of mysterious "Other".

You have two issues.
1. Partitioning within Windows and OS X are using two different personalities of a disk, and if not kept in sync, you run into this issue. Apple does not allow Windows partition to be resized because they do not provide the appropriate tools to keep them in sync.
2. If you are willing to take a backup of OS X and all your files, the cleanest method is to erase the drive and restore from a backup, preferably using a Time Machine backup.

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You have two issues.
1. Partitioning within Windows and OS X are using two different personalities of a disk, and if not kept in sync, you run into this issue. Apple does not allow Windows partition to be resized because they do not provide the appropriate tools to keep them in sync.
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I am very nearly at my limit, so been deleting a few playlists but as I was doing that, it seemed to be filling back up again just as quick.
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