DVD to MPEG2 16:9

I am currently trying out different solutions to put my DV on DVD. Now I have tried Ulead workshop and that works beautiful, I really like the templates that come with it. However I use my SONY TRV900 to record in widescreen. This outputs a file in the format 1024* 576. Ulead WORKSHOP can process this file but it makes it 720*576 so I end up with a stretched picture with tall people. (UWS even has a button for 16:9 but it is not operational yet-it's greyed out) Any suggestions ? DVDit PE doesn't work with DV , I have tried.

1024x576???? How come?? I thought DV standard was 720x576.

Sounds like the resized format. But for DVD compatibility it should be stored as 720x576 with the 16:9 flag switched on. The player should then do the resizing. bb

I'm sorry, but I didn't get it. Does that mean that each frame has more pixels? My camera trv50 outputs a full 720x576 frame that is flagged as widescreen, so it gets resized to correct aspect ratio of 16:9. Please explain!

Thanks all for your input. Due to the Sinterklaas time in the Netherlands and a HDD crash (yes , 2 weeks old...) a slow response. I have realized indeed that the DVD format always requires 720*576, so I see why processeing the 1024*576 is not going to work. The 1024* 576 is exactly 16:9 by the way. The SONY , hoever is not a true widescreen DVcam, it sacrifices some resolution to create 16:9 out of 4:3 CCDs, and makes two black bars above and below the picture. So I would agree with resizing comment from bb. My question is of course : how do you set the flag for widescreen in DVD encoding programs (or is it during authoring ?) I have experimented a bit and found that CCE does not accept 1024*576 as input, so that is no go (which really is a pity, because it is top quality at relatively high speed!) TPMG does accept 1024*576 but warns that this will result in non DVD compliant output. Forcing the settings to 720*576 does work and creates a picture with black bars on top and below, just like the original DV movie! ENcoding takes about 3 minutes per 1 minute real time (compared to UWS 6 minutes...and delivering a stretched picture) WHen I put the TMPG encoded file in UWS (@ 8000kb/s CBR) no recoding so extremely fast authoring with lot of features in menu's etc. from UWS) SO I have found a very workable method, still trying to improve quality however. The DVD quality doesnt match the DV !!