iDVD and widescreen

[plunar]

i used a widescreen format theme for my dvd in idvd, but when i put the dvd on a 4:3 tv it just crops out everything on the sides; there is no letter. it sucks. especially since i waited 5 hours for that dvd to finish. how do i fix?

 

[Applespider]

i used a widescreen format theme for my dvd in idvd, but when i put the dvd on a 4:3 tv it just crops out everything on the sides; there is no letter. it sucks. especially since i waited 5 hours for that dvd to finish. how do i fix?

You need to find the button on the remote control that tells your TV to treat the DVD as widescreen and applies the letterboxing. It's usually a little square with arrows inside that when you click it makes the TV zoom between viewing formats.

 

[plunar]

turns out this was due to setting the aspect ration in idvd under the project menu. guess you set widescreen only if it's going to be played on a computer or a real wide screen tv.

setting it to 4:3 still preserves the letterbox.

 

[mkaake]

I did a widescreen DVD a few weeks back, and had mixed results. Some DVD players letterboxed it, while others cropped it.

Annoying, that is.