MPEG-4 in widescreen stretches to fullscreen in iDVD

I import an mpeg-4 file into iDVD and i burn the project. The mpeg-4 is a widescreen format but it is stretched when I play the dvd in any dvd players other than my G5. Is there anything to do that will keep it widescreen in other dvd players? any workaround or anything? HELP!!

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Yes, my videos are not there at all on the i-Pod, but the videos I bought from i-Tunes all show up and play. And I have constantly updated i-Pod and i-Tunes.
Strange thing is, ALL the videos (mine and purchased i-Tunes) show up in i-Tunes and can play in i-Tunes.

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SD DVD Menus, Tracks, and Slideshows
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I understand the frustration that your tone implies, but you've run off the tracks here.
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http://support.google.com/youtube/bin/static.py?hl=en&guide=1728585&page=guide.cs
I'm fairly certain that if you upload an MPEG2 to YouTube, they're going to recompress it to FLV or MP4 for you. It's not one of their "supported formats." So, I wouldn't be surprised if they muck it up.
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Mitchell Remes wrote:
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export the .VOB files as Quicktime files
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http://www.sjoki.uta.fi/~shmhav/SVCDon_a_Macintosh.html#edit_convertMPEG
http://www.sjoki.uta.fi/~shmhav/SVCDon_a_Macintosh.html#PALNTSC

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Scalzmoney,
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That's where you need David A's "cookbook" as listed & linked your first reply, above.
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