Video appears stretched.

I've burned several copies using both the 4X3 and 16x9 format and all the videos look fine when played on my computer, but once I put them into my portable dvd player (which I will be hooking up to an LCD projector, at my daughter's wedding reception) or play on our widescreen tv., the bride and groom each look stretched out and as though they've gained 20 pounds. I edited the video using both iMovie HD and iMovie 09, which I then sent into FCE and exported back into IM/HD. Using im09 was the only way I could figure out how to do some closeups of each of them.
I even tried exporting out to tape and then re-importing. But still no luck. They're STRETCHED.
Could the problem be my player or our widescreen t.v?
Thanks for you help, I don't have much time before their big day.
Midge

amosuc wrote:
Could the problem be my player or our widescreen t.v?
Yes.
You didn't post enough specifics but I know that widescreen TV's have several different settings for aspect ratio because some channels still broadcast in 4:3 and people don't want to see the left/right black bars... in that case, it stretches horizontally to fit.
Also, DVD players have similar settings for 4:3 with and without black bars as well as a 16:9 setting.
Not knowing your situation, try to find those settings on your TV & DVD player and figure out the combination that works.

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