Video "cannot be played on this ipod"

Hi there,
I'm unable to play mp4 files (taken from Google Video) on my iPod. The message I'm getting is that "the file was not copied because it cannot be played on this iPod."
I see similar topics on the group, but have yet to find an answer. I'm trying to manually manage the content on my iPod, so I'm a little unsure if things need to be synched up first.
Google Video help didn't assist me too much.
Suggestions?
Evan

Do you have a video iPod? Also did you try right clicking the videos in iTunes and using the Convert to iPod function on them?
Patrick

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