Some MP3 not accepted by iPod?

Some MP3 files I've got are accepted by iTunes and apparently transfer to the iPod, and if one selects
the iPod in iTunes they appear and play (assuming
from the iPod itself). However, they don't show up when using the iPod.
I've solved this in the past by telling iTunes to convert
to MP3 and the resulting MP3 are visible on the iPod.
However, I've now found that some MP3 even created by
iTunes, and visible/playable on the iPod within iTunes, are
still NOT visible on the iPod itself. What's the
problem, and how to fix it? If someone at Apple
would like to have a look at one of the MP3s
that show this behavior, happy to send it along...
THanks...

I solved the problem in this case with a kludge, but it
seems pretty likely that there is a bug in the
iPod OS that needs fixing.
Using windows search for *.mp3 in the iPod song
area and sorting by size, I found that the invisible
files WERE on the iPod. They also were there if one
looked by Song name directly. There were 7 files
involved by the Artist "Om Kolthoum" with genre
"Egyptian". Two of these had Album name "Om Kolthoum"
and the other 5 had no Album name specified. The
two songs with an album name showed up under
genre "Egyptian", Artist "Om Kolthum", and Album
"Om Klothoum". But the others showed up only when
looking directly at the song name. When I added
the album name "Om Kolthum" to the 5 files with
no Album, they all now show up via Genre, Artist,
and Album. This should not be necessary!
Hope someone at Apple is reading this...
THanks...

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