Dvd not playing in widescreen

hey all, once i make a dvd in idvd, it plays in widescreen on my mac, but not on my tv..im guessing its my dvd player which is a couple of years old..am i right? thanks
aaron

hello aaron,
what john beatty says is absolutely true, but there is another thing that you might want to consider, especially if you want to give a dvd to somebody and you want it to play right the first time.
the IFO file on the dvd tells the dvd player how to play the dvd and of course working with iDVD you don't have any options here but you can do the following:
1. make a disc image of your dvd (recommended procedure anyway)
2. copy the video_ts folder from the disc image on your hard drive
3. make sure you set permissions for this folder to read & write and "apply to all enclosed items"
4. tweak the IFO file with myDVDedit to the correct settings - usually 16:9 & auto letterbox.
5. save and then make absolutely sure you set the permissions for the video_ts folder back to read only and "apply to all enclosed items"
6. burn the folder to dvd with toast using "DVD from Video_TS folder"
note: when setting permissions OSX tells you to be careful because "you will not be able to change these settings". don't worry about that, you can change back and forth.
the tweaking part sounds like a complicated poweruser thing but it's actually not - myDVDedit makes it dead easy. this software is the single most powerful tool for all dvd creators: it gives you complete control over your output and even more important ... its FREEWARE!
check it out at http://www.mydvdedit.com/
oh yeah, they don't pay me to write this - i just tried it, and...wow... amazing.......geez!
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