Videos are downloaded at small frame size

Sir/Madam,
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 is occurring from 2 days.)

Not a Firefox issue
Open Windows Media Player
* go to View Menu -> Video Size -> place Checkmarks on -> '''Fit Video to Player on Resize''' -> '''Fit Player to Video on Start'''
* Restart Windows Media Player
Check and tell if its working.

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