Format video for Epson P-5000

I have a Sony HDR-HC1 and edit my video with iMovie HD, and I'm having trouble knowing which format to use when exporting the video to play on an Epson P-5000 Multimedia Storage Viewer. I've tried a few different Quicktime choices using the export feature of iMovie HD but the video ends up looking stretched, or it's choppy, or the resolution is low.
Can anyone recommend the best export settings to use to play my HDR-HC1 videos on an Epson P-5000 Multimedia Storage Viewer?
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Epson describes in the manual exactly what codecs may be used audio and video for the P series multimedia viewers.
I have the P-4000 and use MPEG Streamclip to batch process a bunch of MPEG-1 and other QT clips to their format which uses MJPEG as the principal video codec but uLaw as one audio choice vs. say, AAC. I think MPEG-4 in the simple profile works as well. It is all written in the manual.
You have to set the dimensions to fit widescreen onto a non-widescreen playback device same as iPod, generally resulting in letterboxing to some degree.
For instance, and I have not done this for the Epson, a 16:9 widescreen clip for iPod has to be 640X360 not 640X480 and within the iPod codec/bitrate limits. It then plays in the right aspect ratio with letterboxing top and bottom. 320X240 becomes 320X180 instead, same idea.
So read the manual and use the right codecs and practice with the formatting until you get a set of HXW that works and use those in Streamclip (my recommended software).

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