Lines in letterbox

I have some .mov's of a film I made and I'm burning them to dvds. When I import my highest quality mov into idvd and preview it, there are straight white lines at the top and bottom of the letterbox area, one on the very top and one on the very bottom.
When I put a lower res in, the preview looks fine, but once I burn it to a dvd, there is a green line going along the bottom of the bottom letterbox. How in the world can I get rid of these?
Thanks!

Did the video content originate in analog form (as on a VHS tape)?

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