Songs stuck on ipod

I bought some songs on iTunes yesterday and synched them to my iPod touch, but for some reason the songs were doubled, and the extra ones won't play, don't have album artwork or anything. I have tried restoring my iPod with iTunes, and they were still there, I deleted the songs from all my playlists so the ones that worked would not be transferred, but the faulty files were still on my iPod. Then I tried removing all of the music from my iPod, but the faulty files were still there. Does anybody know how to fix this? This is the first time I've had an issue like this.

Try:
- Reset the iOS device. Nothing will be lost
Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Unsync all music and resync
- Delete the iTunes purchases everywhere and the redownload by:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
- Reset all settings
Go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset All Settings.
All your preferences and settings are reset. Information (such as contacts and calendars) and media (such as songs and videos) aren’t affected.
- Restore from backup. (not clear what restore you did) See:
iOS: How to back up
- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device. (not clear what restore you did)
If still problem, make an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store since it appears you have a hardware problem.
Apple Retail Store - Genius Bar

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It came to a point where i had to leave my computer and noticed that my ipod was still in a synchnnizing stage and seemed like it was frozen. Having to leave the computer I had to unplug the ipod. By doing so, when i turned it on it said that i had no songs on my Ipod. When plugged into my itunes it also says no songs but at the bottom of the itunes screen it shows there is 140gb of "other Information" with 1.5 gb remaining but not music. I can see all the songs in my Edrive>al's Ipod> Ipod Control> Music folder. I have had a few different computers since this new ipod has music from ages ago from an old 30gb classic and have transfered over the years on multiple computers (so restoring or syncing to this computer is out of the question). Thus all the ratings and playlist are very dear to me. Hundreds of hours invested in this ipod OVER 6 Years. It seems like there is some file missing or needed to link everything together.
I have spent endless hours trying many diffferent aproches. Like one forum said go into AL'S IPOD>IPOD CONTROL>ITUNES.. when in there they said to look for a file called ITunesDB and another called ITunesD8.old and switch them and rename ITunesD8.old_mlpmp but i only have the ituned DB not the ItunesDB.old
I also tried
Also when i plug in my ipod a notice in windows says "DO YOU WANT TO SCAN AND FIX E>AL'S IPOD
                                                                                      There might be a problem with some files on this device or disc. This can happen if you
                                                                                       remove the device or disc before all files have been writen to it
                                                                                      SCAN AND FIX (RECOMMENDED)
                                                                        this will prevent future problems when copying files to this device or disc
                                                                                                           OR
                                                                                            CONTINUE WITHOUT SCANNING
So i figure the problem started when i went into my control panel and chose show all hidden files so i can look at my files in the Ipod_control and was fooling around with the preference area by selecting the read only icon and disabling the hidden icon. I tried reversing this before ejecting my ipod but it was stuck in the Synchronizing do not disconnect mode and would not eject. Everytime i did try to eject it said in itunes with a yellow triangle saying " files or folders are in use in another area and cannot eject" even tho everyting has been closed......
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A bit confused by your statement
bcboarder wrote:
. I do not understand why the music is clearly on the Ipod but wont reconize it anywhere.
Are you seeing your music listed in the iPod screen, or in Win explorer as in your earlier post?
I can see all the songs in my Edrive>al's Ipod> Ipod Control> Music folder.
A corrupted iPod database, will report zero music used, and have your music size reported as others, so you wont see the music in the iPod screen. Sorry, I thought there was some hope for you with iPodAccess, in recovery of the corrupted iPod database with your ratings.
You can try to borrow and use the Mac Disk Utility ->First Aid ->Repair.
Of course, if your iPod Hardisk is in a bad state, from the Disk Diagnostic report, then all my suggestion are futile.

Is there a way to transfer matched and downloaded songs from my iPod to iTunes library?

Here is the thing: I had some problem downloading some songs on itunes,they just won't start downloading and stuck at initiating process.Had been tortured by these issue for days,I tried to download these songs on my ipod.And I succeeded.So I have all the music on my ipod now and one last problem stands between me and my music.HOW TO TRANSFER THESE SONGS ON MY IPOD TO MY ITUNES LIBRARY?
Any help is appreciated.
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See this older post from another forum member Zevoneer covering the different methods available for copying content from your iPod back to your PC.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2452022?start=0&tstart=0
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I have a 4th Gen iPod Nano and I have over 90+ songs listed in my Library that I notice have a "Protected AAC format" heading what ever that is), which WILL NOT sync and copy to my Ipod. I paid for ALL these songs previously and now, evidently, I can't copy them to my Ipod?? This is hogwash!! I havee tried everything....backed up my entire library to cd's, formated my iPod, restored my iPod, de-authorized my computer, re-authorized my computer, you name it, I've tried it. Nothing works. These songs evidently are no longer on the ITunes store because they were studio versions of songs of American Idol songs, or other "protected" songs. This is crap! They don't TELL you this when you go to buy their songs!
Can anyone help me rectify this problem, get around iTunes "rules"....anything that will get my songs ON my iPod? Oh, I can't even convert them to MP3's to reinstall them back on my iPod like the directions say! What good is iTunes if you buy songs and you can't copy them to your iPods? Maybe I should have stuck with a regular MP3 player where I can buy music anywhere and play it on anything without all the "rules and regulations!"
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hi, i have a 5th gen ipod.
and the problem is the songs on my ipod usually play normal, but sometimes certain songs stuck at the beginning. and if i make any actions on the ipod, it freezes. e.g if i want to rewind/forward or select other song it freezes, but if i press play it pauses, pressed again the play sign shows but it does not actually play.
i tried it 3 and more times again with a playlist and it seems it is always the same songs on which the problem occurs. but if i select these songs seperately they play normal.
and also if i let these songs play and i wait the amount of time of the song, means e.g. 3 or 4 minutes, it play normally on. sounds so wierd!!!
and i tried it on another ipod 5.5 gen, and the problem still occurs with the same playlists, same songs. so its does not seem to be a hardware error.
can someone explains this!? its really annoying when you have a playlist with good songs, certainly the song stops, you wait, and suddenly it plays...

Have you tried to simply re-sync everything?

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When I try to update my mini iPod I get the following message. Songs on the iPod "administrator's iPod" cannot be updated because all of the playlists selected for updating no longer exists.
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Have a look at this post by forum member Hudgie it may help explain things: Hudgie - iPod cannot sync because one or more playlists are missing

"Songs on the iPod "____" cannot be updated because all of the playlists...

"Songs on the iPod "Harold Kim's iPod" cannot be updated because all of the playlists selected for updating no longer exist."
Im not sure what this means or how to fix it. any sort of advice or help would be greatly appreciated.

You get this problem when the option 'Sync Music - Selected playlists' is being used to sync your iPod. If the playlist selected is deleted from iTunes the iPod no longer has a location to sync from and you get an error. (Syncing selected playlists by the way is a useful setting to use when the iPod is smaller than the iTunes library). However you can make a new one or make use of an existing one.
Open iTunes and create a playlist to update your iPod from, call it -My iPod for example (the dash will position it at the top of the playlists in Sources). You can make it a smart playlist that picks the songs for you or just a normal one and drag whatever content you want to have into the playlist. If you are making a smart playlist limit it to just less than the size of your iPod (for example 3700MB for a 4G iPod Nano. Now connect your iPod and when it appears in the Source list click on the iPod icon to bring up the preference tabs in the main pane. Go to the Music tab and choose Sync Music and the Selected playlists radio button. Choose the playlist you just made from the selection and click Apply. You can also sync from any existing playlists by choosing the same setting, you just need to make sure that the size of the playlists don't exceed the capacity of your iPod:
How to create a Smart Playlist with iTunes
Syncing Music to iPod
To make a random playlist go to File>New Smart Playlist.
Uncheck "Match the following rule"
Check "Limit to" put "3700" in the number box, choose "MB" from the first list box, choose "Random" from the next list box. Check "Live Updating"
When you want to change the selection in the smart playlist just delete everything in it and it will add a new selection. When you want to change the normal playlist just delete out what you don't want and drag in a new selection.
Syncing selected playlists is just like syncing your whole library only on a smaller scale and more "selectively". When your iPod is is set to sync selected playlists it automatically picks up any changes you made to that playlist in iTunes since you last connected. Anything you added to the playlist will be added to the iPod, anything you deleted from it will be deleted from the iPod. In other words the iTunes playlist and the iPod are kept "in sync".

Songs on the iPod cannot be updated beaucse all of the playlists .....

I was trying to update my ipod and my ipod only has 52 songs but my libary has 92 songs. i tried to updated it by left clicking where it said my "RISHI"S IPOD" and clicked update...and this message said "Songs on the iPod "Rishi's iPod" cannot be updated becuase all of the playlists selected for updating no longer exist."
HELP PLEASE WHAT DO I DO!!????

This should sort out your missing playlist problem: Hudgie - iPod cannot sync because one or more playlists are missing

TS1814 Most of the songs on my iPod Classic no longer dshow up on iTunes on my laptop. I deleted iTunes & installed the latest version but this did not change anything. For example on 1 playlist I have 66 songs but only 1 shows on the iTunes screen. Th

Most of the songs on my iPod Classic no longer show up on iTunes on my laptop. I deleted iTunes & installed the latest version but this did not change anything. For example on 1 playlist I have 66 songs but only 1 shows on the iTunes screen. Thanks you for any help.

See Empty/corrupt iTunes library after upgrade/crash or
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Itunes library doesn't see all the songs on my ipod

i manage my music manually as i have more disc space on my ipod than on my hard drive. so i just add stuff to my ipod one album at a time as i get it.
fast forward to me wanting to make a mix cd of the stuff on my ipod, and since i can't get any of the songs off my ipod through itunes i just used yamipod to move them back to my computer to burn to a cd. problem now is that all the music i've added since upgrading to the new itunes isn't showing up on my ipod, yet the space is still gone. when i use windows to search for the music, it shows up and will play in windows media player, but the ipod seems to think these songs are gone.
is there any way to get it to "see" these songs? or does itunes JUST look at the db file ONLY?
TIA!!

First off, I would STRONGLY suggest that a external hard drive would make you life much easier by at least being able to back up your songs on the external drive for when you need them. Even if you don't want them in the iTunes library, you can have them all ready on the external to be re-added as needed. You can get 100's of gigs for under $100 shipped.
Anyway, since you used Yamipod, are all the songs back on the computer? If so, I would go ahead and restore the iPod, let iTunes then resync everything back to the iPod, then switch it back to manual and see if the restore and resync clears up the issue.
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when i load the songs in my computer i see all the songs in the ipod but if i want to see them in another computer can not see any of them...is there any option i'm missing???
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Sounds like your iPod is broken. Take it to Apple or someone else who repairs iPods and see if you can get it fixed, or get it replaced.

Some of my songs are listed twice on my iPod itself. However, when I plug the iPod into my computer, the songs don't show up twice in iTunes when I click on device/music. How do I get rid of the duplicate songs on my iPod?

Some of my songs are listed twice on my iPod itself. However, when I plug the iPod into my computer, the songs don't show up twice in iTunes when I click on device/music. How do I get rid of the duplicate songs on my iPod?

that is odd! that should not be happening.
Are you syncing your songs right off of itunes itself? because it should be syncing over to the ipod however it is listed in itunes.

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I am unable to put new songs on my ipod. When I put new songs into my itunes, i see them just fine. I go to sync my ipod and it says "sync is complete" within seconds, so I know nothing has been synced. New playlists are also not showing up. Many of my default playlists show up multiple times(90s music, recently played, etc). I have the 30 gig ipod with video. There are about 20 gigs on it. Thanks.

ok the manually manage music box was checked, I don't know how. That seemed to help. As long as I have you here perhaps you can help me with another problem that happens from time to time. My ipod likes to fall asleep when I'm syncing it. It goes to the apple icon on the ipod, stops syncing, and then starts back up again. The problem seems to go away when I restart the computer and/or itunes. I'll occassionally get an error message that says "the ipod "mullen's ipod can be synced. The required file cannot be found." Then I get the message at the top of the screen that says sync complete. In some cases it actually is synced! Any thoughts?

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