iDVD and 4:3 Aspect Ratio

[Len McGrandle]

There is no Apple Store here in Canada, only a reseller in Edmonton 125 
miles away.  It seems to me that anyone who has used iDVD to burn a DVD 
exported from imovie and imported into imovie from an A/D Converter 
would know the answer to my question. Isn't there someone on this board 
who has done this?

Len

> On Monday, January 20, 2003, at 12:51PM, Thubten Kunga 
> <Kunga at FutureMedia.org> wrote:
>
>> 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