Syncing more files than what is in iTunes library?

Hi All,
I did some cleanup work on my MP3 collection last night through updating metadata tags, etc. I then did a reimport of my collection into iTunes. I have roughly 3300 MP3 files. When my ATV started to sync last night, I noticed it trying to sync around 7000 files? When the ATV syncs music, does it sync any other "background" files I should be aware of? I am concerned now that it will fill up my drive but I can't figure out why it isn't just syncing the 3300 files? I didn't make any changes to movies, photos, etc. If music was also setup in playlists, it doesn't try to duplicate those files, right? I cleared them just to be safe and still see a large number. Any help would be appreciated.

If you had already set itunes to sync your photos in a previous session, it will continue to sync them every time until you deselect that option.
I can't help but keep thinking back to the fact that you reorganized/reimported your tunes collection and that twice your content is not far from 7000 items, have a look at how much space your tunes collection takes up in itunes and compare it to how much space is occupied by audio files on your tv (you can see this at the bottom of your sync options), you can also see how much space is occupied by photos and movies etc there.
If there is a large discrepancy in the space occupied by tunes (say twice as much as it should be), could you post back with a step by step of what you did to reorganize your tunes.

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