Ok, so I burnt my first film to dvd yday, and when i played on dvd player, it came up as 4:3 even tho the tv was set at 16:9, no change could be made, so i looked at the windows dvd maker to see if i missed anything, there was in the options the check box to change from 4:3 to 16:9, so i checked the box and did again, but when i put in the dvd player, nothing had happened. I know when i have played the file on my pc, I have to change the aspect ratio to 16:9, but doesnt seem its set up to play at that all the time.

anyone know how i change this, so when i burn it fills the screen... as i dont want small screen films... thanks

no need for help, think ive crasked it, I used WinAVI file converter, so that the avi files would be accepted by windows dvd maker, just checked on the converter and it can be sleected what aspect ratio i select to use, and i had left it on auto, so changed to 16:9, all being well, this time, ive cracked it.

will post back if i have any other problems, thanks to anyone that took the time to read the problem anways.

Tip: Never shoot your films in 16:9

Widescreen is always done after you shoot, when converting/burning.

shoot what..? its a film i downloaded, just wasnt sure i was allowed to say i had downloaded a film and i was burning it to dvd. did work again.

dont get why it doesnt come up on screen as 16:9 widescreen, converted the file to that size, set that on the windows dvd maker, still didnt work, stupid thing!!

any help..?

Ah, interesting, hmm.

I've never encountered that problem oddly enough, have you tried checking though your DvD player options, it might be forcing a 4:3 ratio

firstly, can i start with an aploigy... i jumped the gun earlier, as i learnt seconds after sending you that msg about the fact things get read. so sorry for the uncalled mouthing off

now back to the problem, how do i check...?