ITunes music videos playing small on full screen mode

Hi,
When I select full screen to play a music video in iTunes it doesn't play full screen but its seems about half the size it should be. Please could someone tell me how to get it back to playing in full screen mode again?
Thank you,
Amy

Hello Amy, welcome to the Apple forums.
Where did you get the video from?
Drag your video from iTunes, on to the Desktop to copy it.
Right click on the video icon and choose "Get Info".
A long window will open on your desktop. Look in the section "More Info:" then, directly underneath, "Dimensions" there will be some numbers there such as 720x480. Post the numbers you are seeing, here. It would also be helpful to know which computer and monitor you are using.

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