Wifi sync deletes music

Whenever I do a wifi sync on my iPod touch, it will delete all of the music on it.  To get it back I have to go to itunes, uncheck "sync music," apply that, then recheck "sync music."  However, the weird thing is with my iPhone 4, wifi sync works perfectly.
Anyone else encounter this, or know how to fix the wifi sync problem?
(I've done many resets on the iPod.  Also, a sync with the cord works just fine.)

I have the same issue using an iPod Touch 4G running 5.1 and an early 2011 MacBook Pro running 10.7.3. Anytime I let the iPod sync automatically over Wi-fi, the sync deletes all of the music, videos, and podcasts. The weird thing is, when I plug the iPod into my Mac, when I look at the iPod inside of iTunes, it still appears that everything is still on the iPod. It's almost like the sync messes up some type of index file, because it appears that the files are still on the iPod, but the iPod's OS refuses to recognize them.

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