True Widescreen Video on iPod Classic

Hi there, I have a new iPod classic and I've just put some videos on it. They are widescreen videos and they even show up as widescreen pics on their little thumbnails in the iPod's list of videos. However when I play them they are stretched to fit the screen and everyone's faces etc are stretched vertically.
The 'Fit to Screen' option is OFF. Toggling the 'Widescreen' option on or off doesn't change anything either.
The only reason I can think is that these are true widescreen videos, i.e. they are not letterboxed into a 4:3 ratio with black bars; they are actually in a 16:9 ratio with no black bars. Could it be that the iPod needs them to be letterboxed...?
Please help
Thanks,
Josh

I think your guess is correct. In my very limited endeavors into converting video for my iPod, that 16:9 was some bad news. When I was using ImToo to convert, I did have to have it set to letterbox. Now I use Videora. When I was using ImToo and things went wrong with 16:9 letterbox, there was nothing to be done but re-convert from the original file in a stochastic process hoping to stumble on a proper aspect. Now I just use settings for Videora I found on the net and took me thinking right out of the equation! Since that isn't an option for you I'm afraid you'll have to suffer it or reacquire from a new source. However, I may be wrong. I am not all that knowledgeable. I just didn't want you to go unanswered and thought I'd share my limited experience.

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