Aspect ratio question.

[IMADVDNUT]

If I have an already captured video file that has the bars on the top and bottom (16:9) if I convert it back to dvd do I want to keep it at the 4:3 full screen ratio or do I want to put it at 16:9? My thinking is 4:3 because if you go to 16:9 you will just make the bars thicker but I just want to be sure before trying to toss this all together.

[guns1inger]

If you play back the file in mediaplayer, does it appear stretched, or normal. If stretched, tag it as 16:9 when encoding/authoring. If it is normal, you can tag it as 4:3 and be done with it, or trim, resize and tag it 16:9.