Play Count not updating

This is obviously not a major problem, but the Play Count counter on iTunes no longer updates how many times songs play on my iPod. Any ideas on how to fix this so it will do so once again?

I am using auto transfer. It used to automatically update and change the Play Count each time I conected the iPod to add new songs. I believe it was showing how many times the song played before I connected the iPod again to add new songs. It does not do that anymore. Most of the songs show no number as ever being played, even though I know the songs have been multiple times.
The date and time on the iPod are correct.
I do play the songs all the way through. Normally, the iPod is playing on Shuffle mode and I just let it keep going through each song.
Thanks for any help you can give.

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