itunes says 'the ipod cannot be synced A duplicate file name was specified?

Same here , but it happened to me when I upgrade my iTunes to 9.2 version. Please, does anybody hs an idea of this?... I have found solution for iPhone , but for iPod there is nothing. Is very annoying!!!

I'm having the same exact problem. I have a 4th generation nano and it'll connect but it says "cannot be synched" what duplicate file name? do i need to erase something. is there a way to go back to just itunes 9.2?

VERY ANNOYING! have not been able to figure this out, apple needs to get their **** together with this one and give a solution

I have the same problem, my ipod wont sync, but my ipad will & the helpful guy on the customer support line suggested I reboot the ipod, which has now erased it, so I now have nothing ! Help ?

I ran into this as well.. cleared off my IPOD, but that didn't seem to work as well!
What did finally work is I clicked the "restore" button (to restore to original settings)... this finally seemed to clear up the error (still what a pain in the ___ )

Thanks, but i've tried restore & now just have a blank ipod..... i've seen one final thing I can try on yahoo that said someone fixed it by changing the usb lead from the ipod to the computer. Well i can try that with my new ipad lead i guess. But mega fed up as no support / guidance from apple

same thing happened to me recently this ***** come on apple help a brother out.

The solution i found to this problem is have windows hard drive recovery tool scan and repair the hard drive on you ipod. To do this, you need to configure itunes so it does not open when you plug in you ipod. Next, plug in your ipod, for windows 7 user a pop up should come up asking to scan and fix device. click yes and give it some time. after the tool in complete unplug you ipod, open itunes, plug your ipod in. if you still get the message, click restore, and start this process on more time. If you do not have windows seven or this pop-up does not appear manually go to you hard recover tool and have it scan your ipod. then follow the rest of the process.

Amdodge, Dude you Rock! I did what you said and it worked great. Because I don't have Windows 7 I had to go to My Computer, then right click on the ipod. Go to properties then tools then click "Check Now" on Error-checking. Checked both boxes and it scaned and fixed the problem. Thanks !!!!

the last restore which should work is to reset and restore it to factory settings. just make sure to backup everything you have on the nano before you do it because this will erase everything on the ipod.
here is a good tutorial video i found on how to do it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfevoNqFoyc

I'm facing a similar problem, and I have just got my iphone for a month.

I had problems with my disappearing library at first, as I am currently using a VAIO laptop. I then proceeded to disable all my VAIO softwares, and had successfully recovered my library. However, this problem had then surfaced, and despite following all the steps mentioned here, I still could not sync my iphone 3GS!

I had uninstalled all apple components, and had also searched for itoner or whatever it was, and I do not have it at all. Moreover, I did not check "sync notes".

Had been trying for the past few days, please help me! Thanks!

I'm having the same problem worked fine until it updated to itunes 10 since then total disaster, cannot sync anything music or films. Deleted half a dozen time restored the ipod even downloaded an older version of itunes still nothing. Contacted customer service they only interested in the fact that it was out of warranty, and told me to "google" the problem. I have even run msconfig and turned off everything except itunes still the same, I have now tried it with my laptop and yes the problem is still with me.

I had the same problem with my iPod.
I changed the port my USB cable was connected to, and then went for the scan and fix option and mine is working again. 🙂

I am having this same problem in iTunes 10! I cannot sync my iPod. I've changed the usb port, restored the iPod, "Repaired" iTunes in Control Panel.... Has anyone heard anything new?