Help Compressing HDV with Letterbox

I have been trying to compress a 10:23;00 HDV movie to show on DVD in widescreen with letterboxing. I used the Bonsai Method to convert to a DV timeline before i made the quicktime. I compressed the movie using the current settings and now i do not know what to do to get this burned on a dvd with letterboxing.

Hi:
USe Compressor DVD High Quality 90 min 16:9 and choose the MPEG2 and Dolby 2 presets.
Import those files in DVDSP and set your track as Display Mode: 16:9 letterbox. That way you'll get full screen playback in 16:9 TVs and letterboxed in 4:3 TVs.
Hope that helps !
Alberto

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