When trying to sync photos, error -39

When my son tries to sync photos to his ipod nano 3rd generation he gets the following error:"The Ipod 'Michael's Ipod' cannot be synced. An unknown error occurred (-39).
What is wrong?
What could have caused it?
How can I fix it?
Thanks,
Craig

It might be worth checking to see if the iPod photo cache has been corrupted. Try deleting the photo cache, as per:
Photo Sync creates iPod photo Cache

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