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Hi fo3nix
Yeah, got rid of those two icons as you suggested...but my songs with artwork still kept refusing to play in iPod. Had to do a complete re-install - 35 minutes - which is a bit of a 'pain' as I've had to do it before, too.
Do not photos or videos in iPod. It is an issue which occurs when syncing -- sometimes syncing happens and sometimes it doesnt happen. Always using a FireWire extension for maximum efficiency etc and so am at loss to know what the issue is. Wondering if it has to with 80GB version of iPod as I never hads any such issue with 20GB version.
The Apple support pages leave something to be desired.