iTunes cannot read the contents of the iPod [HELP!!!]

Hi guys. So I know it's a common problem already, but still I'm so desperate and I need your help in this! :(

iTunes shows this message whenever I plug in my iPod into the laptop: "iTunes cannot read the contents of the iPod. Go to the Summary tab in iPod preferences and click Restore to restore this iPod to factory settings"
And when I eject the iPod, it shows 0 songs or No Music but the data is still there as nothing changed in the amount of GB occupied.

This has already happened to me before, and I don't wanna restore it again bc I already had too many songs and I'm hoping that there might be other ways to solve this.

I've searched for diff. solutions and tried the ff:
1. hard reset
2. reinstalling iTunes
3. installing iFunbox but my device isn't detected :(
4. renaming itunes library.itl to itunes library (corrupted).itl
5. connecting my iPod to another laptop
6. deleting 2 songs from the iPod_Control/Music

I don't really have a problem with restoring the iPod if that's my last resort, but is there any way I can recover the playcounts and the playlists of my library? I've read somewhere that these info are stored in the Previous iTunes Libraries and I still have them in my iTunes folder, so is there a way for me to get them back? How can I copy my music library from the iPod to iTunes, considering they cannot be read by iTunes?

Hope you can help me.. Thanks a lot! :)

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