Video podcasts won't sync.

I subscribe to The Soup Video Podcasts. I had no problem syncing them to my ipod 3G, until I had to replace my harddrive. I erased the songs on my ipod, and synced it with itunes after I had replaced the songs. Now, everytime I sync my ipod, it won't let me put the podcasts on because it says my ipod does not support the videos, but they worked fine before I had to replace my harddrive. Any suggestions?
edit: I'm not sure if videos will sync. I haven't tried yet.
Message was edited by: hey_diana

It might be that the format of the video is not compatable with iPOD - MEANING... that the video is not in MPEG-4 format. You could try to download a video conversion program to change the format. Or use Quicktime Pro.
Try to Google for: "video convert to/for ipod" if you don't have Quicktime Pro, or any other software that can do the same.

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