Video asset in button cropped - Unable to match aspect ratios

I am using the Apple "Light Frame" button and linking an mpeg2 video asset to that button to look like active, mini 16 X 9 plasma televisions for my scene selection menu. Unfortunately it insists on cropping out much of my mp2 video image. Following the instruction in DVDSP4 manual on pages 275-76 only moves my image L to R and never shows me the whole image. The same seems to be the case using the "Light Frame" drop zone template. Am I completely going about it using the wrong method? How can I successfully match the aspect ratio of both the button's area and the associated asset?
Thank you for helping this poor forum newbie!
Dual 2.5 PowerPC G5 Mac OS X (10.4.3) 2.5 GB SDRAM

I have found that if I drag & drop a video asset to the menu and select "Create button and track" then I can correctly resize the thumbnail video to fit inside the frame of the button template while keeping the 16X9 aspect ratio. That works out very well except for the desired animated effect of the "Light Frame" television turning on and off becomes covered. Does anyone know of a better solution for creating a television thumbnail menu effect?
I'm new to this and would appreciate any help available. I've searched the forums over and found no posting on this.

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