# Changing WinAmp from/to windowshade mode causes video window to resize. Why?

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**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [July 5, 2005, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-winamp-from-to-windowshade-mode-causes-video-window-to-resize-why/311149 "2005-07-05T16:16:24Z")
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### Author: ![Cagey\_Drifter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@Cagey\_Drifter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cagey_Drifter)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2005, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-winamp-from-to-windowshade-mode-causes-video-window-to-resize-why/311149/1 "2005-07-05T16:16:24Z")

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I have a television hooked up to my computer via an S-video cable. When watching video from my computer, I use Winamp v2.91 as the player. I move the Winamp video window over to the television screen and maximize it. This results in a full screen video on the television, but not on my computer monitor. I find that if I put Winamp in Windowshade mode (“small” mode, which you get by double clicking the top bar of the player, where it says “WINAMP”) or if I go out of that mode, the video window on the television suddenly becomes very small, and I’ll have to double click it to maximize it again. What’s going on? How do I prevent this from happening?