Unsyncable video? From iTunes? Meets iPod Classic video spec! Why not?

Lots of posts on this issue with plenty of versions of iPod but apparently no real answers other than "convert it" with third party software or iTunes. So, even though there are plenty of questions and answers, I'm going to ask it again but hope someone can also explain the technical reason why this happens.
According to Apple's iPod Classic Technical Specifications for the Classic, it is supposed to play the following video/audio:
H.264, up to 1.5Mbps, 640x480, 30FPS, AAC-LC audio up to 160Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats;
H.264, up to 2.5Mbps, 640x480, 30FPS, AAC-LC audio up to 160Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats;
MPEG-4, up to 2.5Mbps, 640x480, 30FPS, AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats
Fair enough. So I download a video from the iTunes Store and, using Quick Time "inspector", it reports the following specs for the video:
H.264, 1.05Mbps, 640x480, 21.96 FPS, AAC, 44.100kHz, Stereo, mp4. ALL of which are at or below the specifications above.
So, why is this video "out of spec" and can not be synchronized much less played on the iPod Classic especially when it was downloaded from iTunes??
Someone please explain why this fails.
Thank you for the help,
Kevin

Double check to make sure podcasts are configured to sync to your device from under the iPod's Podcast configuration tab.
To access the Podcasts tab for your iPod, plug your iPod in and click on it from under the Devices section in the left hand pane of iTunes. This will bring you to the Summary tab. Along the top you should see a Podcasts tab, so go ahead and click on it. Here you can configure how and what podcasts sync to your iPod.
If you do make any changes to do this tab, make sure to hit the Apply button in the lower right hand corner to apply the update changes to your device.
Otherwise, are you getting any error messages when you sync your iPod Classic with iTunes?
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