Videos Won't Play When Set as Music Videos

Sorry if this has been asked before, but I looked through 11 pages and no one had quite the same issue.
When iTunes purchased music videos are placed on my 4th gen Touch they work fine. They play under the music video category. But when I add videos purchased elsewhere or taken from youtube, they'll only play under the "movie" category.
When under music video, the screen starts to change as if it's going to play, and then it stops and goes back. Only if I re-categorize them as movies again will they finally play.
Can someone please tell me how to solve this?

That isn't the problem.
All of my files are mp4, so they're what plays on the iPod. Those very files play correctly on my iPod classic. My daughter also has the very same 4th gen Touch that I have and she isn't having this problem. Regardless of where she gets her mp4 video, it plays in the music video category the way it's supposed to. The only difference is that her software is a grade lower than the 5.0.1 that I'm using.

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