4:3 and 16:9 on same disc OK?

I'm getting the sense from some posts that the answer may be "no," from the standpoint of end-user TV's being able to switch from 4:3 to 16:9 on the same disc, but wanted to make sure if it either can't be done or is not advisable to combine video clips of 4:3 aspect ratio with video clips of 16:9 aspect ratio on the same DVD media, in a project produced using DVD SP.
thank you!
r

There are always going to be issues with televisions not being set properly/"breaking" the DVD and you need to do what you need to do to accomplish what the end result is intended to be. In other words for you to create the DVD as you envision it to tell a story or whatever, if 4:3 and 16:9 are needed to do it properly, then that is the answer.
I have put 4:3 and 16:9 on the same DVD and have used various approaches (though you cannot put 16:9 and 4:3 on the same track)
Either put something that says that some tracks are 4:3 and others 16:9 so people can adjust the tv as needed, or drop the 4:3 into a 16:9 track to have it pillarboxed or if you are so inclined, adjusted so the 4:3 fits in the 16:9 fully (or drop the 16:9 into 4:3 and effectively makes a Pann & Scan sort of if you adjust things). Of course alot of it depends on the footage, whether it holds up and whether things can be cut out.
Heck,, so many people cannot tell even now whether 4:3 is stretched on a 16:9 screen, people may not even notice

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