Unable to play certain songs.

Have setup ipod nano 3rd g 1.1.3 with itunes 8.0.0.35.
some of the songs were able to play in itunes but were not reconginze in the ipod and also unable to play at all.
even the songs show up in the ipod even in cover flow and all.
the songs just wont play.
Have tried the below before
1) delete all songs from the ipod and itunes and re-add again
2) restore the ipod and sync again.
but both of the above does not work.
is there anyone who can advice what other things that i can do?
thanks in advance..

Try taking the song that doesn't play, and convert it to AAC format. Then re-sync your iPod.
Chances are that the song was ripped with another software that isn't compatible with iTunes.

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