Widescreen to big for widescreen?? idvd project

When I make an idvd project with my 36 min movie--widescreen--the picture on the tv is completely cut off on both the right and left sides...I tried it on another computer and it works fine--There must be something wrong with my settings? what do I do to fix this problem?? help please!

yes, I played with tv settings, doesn't work--there's definitely something wrong. It plays fine on the computer, but it's not fixable on the tv-- but I know it's not the quicktime file because i did the project on another computer and it works on the tv--but I need to figure out whats up with my computer/idvd settings

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First recommendation is to not exceed 2 hours of QuickTime playback (120 mins) for SL media (and twice that for DL). It's actually smart to keep it a few mins. shy of the stated duration/s.
Secondly, here are the files which work best:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iDVD/7.0/en/6655.html

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2.) Why is the footage in iMovie MUCH larger than the exact same footage in an iDVD project?
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2) If, on the other hand, a physical file not stored in your "project" package was saved to you hard drive and used as a source for your iDVD project, then it remains available for iDVD and can be used as a basis for additional burns as long as you don't delete it or the iDVD project. In this case, deleting the iMovie '08 project and event files has no effect on future burns.
3) A better option is to simply save the encoded iDVD output as an "image" file. Then you can get rid of the iDVD project file as well and any time you want to burn additional DVD copies, simply burn the image to as many times as needed. Of course, this means you cannot alter the iDVD project so you have to make sure you are really happy with the output before deleting it.
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Widescreen QT movie squished in iDVD 08 16 X 9 project

I've seen this question in a few forums but have yet to find a satisfactory solution. Widescreen movies look squished on iDVD 08 DVDs. Here's what I've been doing:
I edit and export a widescreen QT movie in FCP 6.0.4 (from a DV source).
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SD DVD Menus, Tracks, and Slideshows
• Display Mode: Choose the default aspect ratio to use when creating menus, tracks,
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16:9 Pan Scan & Letterbox: You can have up to 12 buttons.
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When attempting to burn, I am told that the project size is too big for a DVD and suggests I use a dual layer DVD.
I have over 390 gig available on my 1 TB hard drive.
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I know this is an old topic...I've read lots of posts including one similar to mine. In most cases people are attempting to burn over 1 hour of video. In the one case similar to mine, the person had full length video in each chapter marker (or some such issue). I have none.
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Free space only referes to Start-up (boot) hard disk. iDVD can't use any other for scratch files.
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I can't see any setting that will solve this so I'd appreciate any solution or offers of help on this!
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Check out this Apple doc: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305337

Anamorphic widescreen or letterbox output to iDVD?

I'm kicking myself.
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Scalzmoney,
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http://homepage.mac.com/sith33/FileSharing34.html
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Double Tapping for Widescreen video taking is no nonger required

For quite some time the only way to take widescreen video on an iphone was to turn it sideways of course then to dbl tap the screen to get 16x9 recording.
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My post is to let all those dbl tappers out there know that it is not required anymore with the 4s. I simply did not know this until recently.

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I shot video with my sony dvcam in 4:3 format. PAL.
I took this video and edited it in iMovie and Exported as follows:
DVCPRO PAL; Aspect: 16x9 25fps.
Size: 720x576 16:9 (i do not preserve aspect ratio).
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OK found my solution.
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Fullscreen NTSC
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Also be sure to select the correct fps in the iMovie preferences before making a new iMovie. And deselect the "pillarbox and letterbox" option.
jeff

I am trying to send an iMovie project to iDVD and I keep getting the following error msg. "Unable to prepare subject for publishing: The project could not be prepared for publishing because an error occurred. (-43)"

I am trying to send an iMovie project to iDVD and I keep getting the following error msg. "Unable to prepare subject for publishing: The project could not be prepared for publishing because an error occurred. (-43)"

Check out this thread: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1421870
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Thanks for your comments. It strikes me as exceedingly odd that a program that is made for creating projects out of multiple movies provides scene selections (chapters) for only the first movie added. I also find it odd that this little fact is not mentioned anywhere and that I am apparently the first person in history to want to have a sub-menu for each movie in a project. I have had many views on this discussion group and on the iMovie '11 discussion group, but yours is the only answer so far. Why does the manual or Help (for both iDVD and iMovie) not say "Oh, by the way, you can add all the movies you want, but don't expect to get any chapters for them" (it makes little sense to provide chapters for one movie, if you can't for the rest). And, in iMovie: "if you are planning to put more than one movie on a DVD, don't waste your time adding chapter markers. They can't be used in iDVD."
I have Toast Titanium 6. It's a pretty old version, but I was able to use it to use it for something recently. Thanks again.
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Steve,
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For the project in question, I've been asked to take some VHS tapes and convert them to digital. I've done so using a digital converter. They want a DVD of what was on the tapes, which I've done, but they also want the files so that they can later edit to their tastes on their own time on their PC and then later create a DVD. Given the above, what would be the best way to do this? Isn't there something in the movie project files that I can dump to disk?

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(your User Interface is for sure english!)
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d) a dataDVD-r fits ~20min of dv video... 4 disks?
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Widescreen to big for widescreen?? idvd project

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