Video in Shuffle Songs

Okay, I could be completely wrong here, but bear with me.
I seem to remember, months ago, when I clicked shuffle songs, it'd play the music videos as well and actally show the video.
Now when I click shuffle songs, when a video plays, it shows like 5 seconds in as the album cover and plays the audio, but the video doesn't work.
Am I just imagining that it ever did? Or is it supposed to play music videos? If yes, can someone help me fix it?
60gig 5g ipod Windows XP

You're imaging it. To watch the actual Music Video, you have to go straight through the Videos menu. From the Main Menu, go to Videos, Music Videos, and select the MV you'd like to "watch." Shuffle Songs just shuffles Songs, meaning, Main Menu > Music > Songs. If you were to access those same MVs via the Songs list, the video wouldn't play. Make sense? Probably not.

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