[MacDV] iDVD and 4:3 Aspect Ratio

[Thubten Kunga]

Can you go to a local Apple Store on Saturday and ask a Genius? We 
don't have the docs yet for iDVD 3. There should be a preference 
setting to maintain proper aspect ratio. Yours is the first I've ever 
heard of this problem.

k

On Monday, January 20, 2003, at 10:53  AM, Len McGrandle wrote:

> I am considering installing a Superdrive in my G4 500 AGP for the 
> purpose of burning DVD's from my collection of family videos on VHS 
> and Hi8 tapes.  I have already burned VCD's with good success.  In 
> exporting from imovie I did notice something which concerns me.  The 
> export for iDVD retains the DV aspect ratio which is wider than 4:3 
> and so everyone looks too fat!  When I export for VCD this is 
> corrected.  Does iDVD have the ability to reset the aspect ratio to 
> 4:3 or do the female choir members on my tapes have to view themselves 
> as fat people from the DVD??
>
> Len