VIDEO WON'T PLAY ON MY IPOD! WHAT DO I DO?!?!

I can download music videos from iTunes fine, and can play them on iTunes fine, but when it is exported to my U2 iPod and I select a video to play, it doesn't play. Instead it goes to this black screen, with a triangle in the top left corner (the "play" triangle, same triangle on the play button on any ipod), and it just does nothing. I can turn the volume up, and go to the menu with little trouble, but NOTHING plays!!!
Any suggestions/ideas? Would apreciate help. Thanks.
~Austin

I have the same problem. Just bought a new U2 Ipod this week, I think it played the video once. After that, it just kept freezing up, now I can't get it to play anymore. I ran Ipod updater a hundred times, restored it at least 20 times in the last two days, but it just keeps freezing up, also when playing music, scrolling, updating,... This s* badly, as I travel a lot and want to take it with me.
I think you should just take it to a store and complain.

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