Syncing resets play count!

iTunes 10.1.1; iPod Touch 2G 8GB iOS 4.2.1
This started happening with the latest iTunes update.
Every time I sync, iTunes resets the play count to zero on the track I happened to be playing at the time I started the sync. The track is always paused and I have tried going back to the beginning of the track and going to the previous track; but still the same result.
The smart playlist I'm syncing selects 800 tunes at random based on play count > 0 and last played is not in the last 3 days. I suspect iTunes is having trouble with particular types of smart playlist - similar to problems some of us had with a previous update: http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=11332318#11332318
Graham

After trying all sorts of different combinations of things I couldn't find any correlation to playlists. I actually didn't start having this problem until after I re-created my Library following these instructions:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1451
I only re-created the library to solve a separate issue with non-existant podcasts showing up in the Remote app. It did fix that problem, but created the play count syncing problem.
I have now reverted back to my old library and the play count syncing problem is gone.
So in my case this was clearly a problem with the actual iTunes library and not the syncing device (or somehow a combination of both).
I tried testing a brand new library in iTunes 10, but the syncing problem was still there.
It seems unlikely, but could this be a bug with libraries "created" in iTunes 10? I would assume most people have iTunes libraries that were created with an older version. There are probably not many people who have just started an iTunes library with version 10 and are also paying attention to play counts and how they sync. Perhaps this is why so few people seem to have this problem or be aware of it?
Have any of you re-created your library with iTunes 10 or started a new library with iTunes 10?

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