Jan242012

Why do videos downloaded from YouTube have a small frame size?

Rohit Makkar asks:

I downloaded some videos from YouTube. I have “Download Helper” and “Best Video Downloader” add-ons installed.

Any video that I download is downloaded at very small frame size, like a little box. I don’t mean a specific video, the problem is with any video that I download.

I tried both of them. I informed them about this, but no response is given by them. Is this a browser issue? This problem has been occurring for 2 days.


Browser: Firefox 9
System: Windows XP
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  • Anonymous January 24, 2012

    well possible you should convert it if  its flv format? choose download and convert to mp4 for instance.

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    • Rohit Makkar January 24, 2012

      Thanks ha14!! But this problem occurs even on downloading a video in mp4 format.

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      • Jay.0 January 24, 2012

        https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/video-downloadhelper/

        You can select and download all the available display qualities.
        Do you have this addon called video download helper ? use it if not.

        Try DAP manager.
        http://www.speedbit.com/dap/download

        If the result is still the same, then it may be a browser issue.
        or you just need to restart/refresh browser or pc ? browser ,
        or just reinstall the addon.

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      • Anonymous January 25, 2012

        Hi, Here is the manual
        http://www.downloadhelper.net/manual.php
        http://www.downloadhelper.net/conversion-manual.php
        check video conversion guide and see if there is quality option to increase the video frame size.

        also possible you have codec problems on windows, may be this is why you see small screen? do you have small screen size problem with other good quality video files?

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        • Rohitmakkar19 January 28, 2012

          Hi ha14, this problem is occurring 5 or 6 days before. Do you know what is the default “Video Size” in Windows Media Player,i.e. 50%, 100% or 200%. I am asking this because when i downloaded a video and play it in VLC Media Player, no such problem happens.

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          • Anonymous January 28, 2012

            well on my windows media player video is set to 100%. My guess is that somehow your WMP is corrupted so you have to fix it. Uninstall VLC then you can try this microsoft fix it
            http://support.microsoft.com/mats/windows_media_player_diagnostic
            reboot and play a video and see if this fix the problem, if yes you can reinstall VLC

            let me know if this help you.

  • Aibek January 25, 2012

    I wouldn’t recommend Internet Download Manager as there are a number of free alternatives around.
    See here, http://www.makeuseof.com/pages/best-windows-software#download

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