IMovie 5 not detecting 16:9

I have iMovie 5.0.2 and a new Sony DCR pc1000e. I've just recorded in widescreen and when importing I set DV widescreen but iMovie resolutely imports it as normal and then letterboxes it for me. I understand the camera is "true widescreen", and 5.0.2 should be fine with this. What am I doing wrong, is there a work-around, is this camera too new? Help!

Hi Martin,
I had a similar problem last week and posted on here but got no replies! Not one to be beaten by a problem I set about trying to figure it all out.
I've not yet conclusivley proved any of this but the following worked for me: -
1: In iMovie preferences turn off the auto letter/pillar boxing effect.
2: (I think this was the defining point for me!) Ensure that in the general tab in preferences, you set the "New Project Frame Rate" to match your DV camera and project format IE: if you are in europe you need to select 25fps to go with a PAL project and for USA choose 29.97 FPS for an NTSC project.
As I said, no real evidence behind this as yet (****! it's working now, I'm not gonna fiddle around anymore!) but certainly worth a shot.
regards
John

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