I posted this as a reply to the other thread regarding the nano, and am having the same problems with my Ipod video. I seem to be having the same problem. Sorry if I'm not supposed to repeat, but was hoping for a response:
"I have an Ipod 60 GB. I've used it to synch with MC for about 3 months with no problem. Last week, I synched it once again with MC and am having the same problem as john describes with his nano.
My Ipod shows the photos, and I can scroll through them. It shows blank for songs. Nothing is there, no playlists, no files as far as the Ipod is concerned.
I synch it to MC, and everything's there. All the files show up as "On device," all my playlists are there, and 49 GB of the ipod hard drive is filled. The files also show up as on the Ipod using Windows Explorer.
I know I am not running itunes in the background, and have tried doing proper ejects and re-connecting.
I really, really don't want to have to reinitialize the Ipod. And although john seems to think the problem is an new version of the updater, I don't know what an updater is, let alone how to find it and replace it with an older version.
Any thoughts, MC gurus? Help! (I'm supposed to go on 2 week vacation Saturday, away from computer and really want to listen to my songs!)
Thanks."