Bars On my final Movies

[ackright2001]

Ok here is my deal. I use avi film clips and convert them with Film Machine, using CCE encoder vbr multipass three passes. I then burn with nero to DVD. I have a widescreen television. Most clips that i convert to DVD are setup already in that aspect ratio (16:9). My issue is that almost always I end up with black bars on the bottom and top of my picture. Since the original film clip is widscreen and my tv is widescreen how come the final burnt DVD does not fill the whole picture?
Any help/tutorials on how to change or correct this would greatly be appreciated, as long as it does not crop or distort my final DVD's quality.

[Nilfennasion]

It sounds to me like you might be in some confusion.

Without seeing your source, it is difficult for me to say, but it sounds like you are assuming 16:9 is the be all and end all of widescreen. It is not. Many widescreen aspect ratios have been experimented with since the advent of television, with varying degrees of success. Even the narrower of the two common shapes, 1.85:1, is not exactly 16:9. It sounds to me like you are working with material that is in the wider of the two common shapes, namely 2.35:1, which is a little over a quarter wider than the 16:9 frame.

With even modern televisions being the way they are, there is no other way to fit the whole picture in such an instance on the screen than reducing the vertical height.

[johns0]

Could also be avi's that are encoded to 4:3 aspect with black bars as part of the video.