Hi! I created a movie on iMovie and transferred it to iDVD, which it successfully burnt to a disc. When I play it on the TV, it cuts out the sides. I'm wondering if there's an easy to fix it, without re-making to fit the safe area? Thanks!

Hello charliehills,

It sounds like you have a project wiht video that is in 16:9 aspect ratio, but when burned and played on your DVD player the ratio is in 4:3 thereby cutting off the sides. There are a couple of possibilities for this. One your tv may be set to play that input for your DVD player is set to 4:3 or Standard rather than 16:9 or widescreen. The second is that the project file may be set to 4:3 rather than 16:9. This article will show you how to check that:

iDVD '09 (7.x): Switching between standard and widescreen formats

Here are ways to change the project format:

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Choose Project > Project Info, and then select Standard (4:3) or Widescreen (16:9) from the Aspect Ratio pop-up menu.

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Choose Project > “Switch to Standard (4:3)” or “Switch to Widescreen (16:9).”

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Take care,

Sterling

Sterling,

Thank you very much for helping us out here with iDVD.

As you know, millions of Apple customers still like to put their movies on DVDs and Blu-ray's.