Video podcast shows up as music podcast

when i downloaded the video podcast off itunes music store,on the itune it shows up as video but in my ipod it wont show up as a video but shows up as musics as in i cant see anything but i can still hear sounds.Does anyone knwo how i can get the podcast to show up as video? and where i can find it?

Is it showing up under Videos-->video podcasts?
If you access it through the music section of the iPod (music-->podcasts), it will not play the video.
If you are accessing it through videos-->video podcasts and it still only plays audio, try this.
Go to videos-->video settings-->TV Out-->off
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