Rented movies cant sync to ipod

Question

the rented movies never show up in the movies tab so i cant move it to my ipod

Answer 1

Finally, after two hours researching this, I found the problem. Apple says which iPods movie rentals work on, but it doesn't say the ones it doesn't work on. It's some BS marketing rule that says you never highlight what your product can't do. In this case, they have created confusion and frustration and have wasted everyone's time. All they have to say is this:
"If you have an 80 gig iPod, you may think you have an iPod Classic, but you may actually have a 5th Generation iPod (especially if you bought it around September 2007). Yes, both of them have a click wheel and both of them play movies, but the serial numbers are three digits off, so find a jeweler's magnifying glass to read your serial number. If it ends in anything but Y5N, YMU, YMV, and YMX, you have a 5th Gen iPod, not an iPod Classic, and you cannot transfer rented movies to it. You won't get an error message because that's too helpful. Instead, it just won't show up on your Movies list where you tell it which movies to synch. It's up to you to figure out why. We know, we say on our web page 'Rented Movies. Now Showing Everywhere.' We meant 'everywhere but your 5th Gen iPod.' We lied. And, yes, we know your 5th Gen iPod plays movies you buy, but whatever."