PLEASE HELP! Songs showing up, but missing? HELP!

Yes, I know I've already posted this in another category. I'm not spamming to get answers, I just realized it was in the wrong category (the one I already posted).
So.....here's my problem.
I accidentally unplugged my iPod without hitting the "Eject" button first, and now my iPod's acting strange. Which I don't get; I've done that several times before (on accident, obviously), and they never got screwed up like this.
All my songs, playlists, etc. are showing up, but when I hit Play, they don't work. The play icon appears in the upper left hand corner, but nothing happens with the song. My headphones are plugged in all the way (although, they are pretty worn down), and the iPod's not frozen. It just says its playing, but the song doesn't play or progress (the timeline stays on 0 seconds).
But...I can still pause it, adjust the volume, rate it, look at the menu, play games, all that. So its obviously not frozen.....
And, when I put new songs on there, they worked fine, so did my photos! So, were my old songs erased somehow, but still showing up? sigh Normally I would just put the old songs on the iPod again, but....I'm on vacation. Three hours away from home. I've reset it more times than you can imagine. It didn't work.
HELP! Is there any way to restore the songs....without driving three hours first?
(EDIT: OH **** IT. I POSTED IN THE WRONG CATEGORY AGAIN. GAY COMPUTER.)

I had the same problem - but could be caused by different issues. My issue was that more than one person was logged into the computer when the Nano was connected. For some reason it then mounted as a physical drive which could be seen by the other user (the iTunes preference was set to NOT mount as a drive). The issue is serious because the second time this happened it froze the entire machine. Anyway, I have found that only the "owner" of the Nano should be logged in when it is connected and it should behave properly.
If this isn't your issue, then try just closing iTunes - the "Do Not Disconnect" sign should turn off. If not, then log out and turn off the computer. You will not lose any files on the Nano.
Cheers
Rudy

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