Why do my videos look too narrow when I upload to youtube

I have tried uploading to youtube in mp4 .mov and avi files, but the video always looks a little narrow with black space eiter side of the video. It also looks slightly stretched.
What am I doing wrong?

You're probably running into a pixel aspect ratio problem. If I remember correctly, the new "high quality" YouTube videos don't do any pixel aspect ratio correction. There's a good tutorial for YouTube compression at http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/you_tube_reduxgary.html

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You might have better luck using the adjust sharpness command. Enhance<Adjust Sharpness.
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http://photocritic.org/unsharp-mask-sharpening-photos-photoshop/
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http://www.photokaboom.com/photography/learn/Photoshop_Elements/sharpening/USM_2_amount_ra dius_threshold.htm
http://www.naturescapes.net/122004/tg1204.htm
http://www.earthboundlight.com/phototips/unsharp-mask.html
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Part 1: How to import .mod video to Windows Movie Maker
Part 2: How to edit the video with Windows Movie Maker
Part 3: How to upload your video to YouTube
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