Smart playlists sync problems

I have a 1st gen ipod touch, I've created 7 smart playlist for videos. my itouch only syncs 5 of them, does anybody know a solution?

When you create a Smart Playlist, the option Match only ticked items is turned off, so anything without a tick will be added to the Playlist.
But, if your Sync option is set to Tick only ticked songs and videos, then although unticked items are in the Playlist in iTunes, they will not transfer to your iPod. Check the Playlist in iTunes, are the videos missing from the iPod un-ticked (the check-box to the left of the title)?
If so, turn the tick on and then Sync the iPod to iTunes.

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