Ripped home movie off DVD; imported it to IMOVIE6, ratio wrong

I ripped a 15 min home movie that had been shot in widescreen from a DVD using HandBrake. It plays in the correct ratio aspect on IDVD player, but when I import it to my Widescreen IMovie project, it imports 4:3.
Is this because I can't increase the size in the Handbrake picture settings prior to ripping?
Why does IDVD Player PLAY the movie in 16:9 but not IMPORT to another application in 16:9?
Thanks so much folks!
snaildix
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HandBrake
That's not a good choice if you intend to use iMovie which uses DV as its native format.
Use other apps like MPEG Streamclip (or VisualHub, DVDxDV etc) which can convert straight to .dv with the 16:9 flag set. Then iMovie imports it correctly to a widescreen project.

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