minidv to svcd problem

[radman]

captured avi file from minidv camcorder using adobe premiere 6.5 - it captured file to the dard drive in an .avi format - the .avi file plays in windows media player in a widescreen format - used adobe premiere's internal mpeg convertor to convert the .avi to svcd format to burn the mpeg to svcd cdr using nero - the end result: people in the home movie were taller than normal - tried to encode the .avi file in a widescreen mpeg2 format so that the movie would play normal but nero would not accept the format to burn the svcd - said it needed to be re-encoded - ignored the warning and burnt it anyway but dvd player would not play it properly - 2nd time allowed nero to re-encode the file and nero did not burn the svcd in a widescreen format - what am I doing wrong ??? - how do I burn my home movies in svcd so the people appear normal ??? - any advice would be greatly appreciated since I would like to share our home movies with the family - Thanks for your help

[boas999]

Well did you ever try to play it with eg PowerDVD since the media player has a tendency to show the image streched
Normally your DVD player will automatically adjust the proportions and displayit correctly

[ncgoldwinger]

I don't use Premier but looked around here and found the following pages that might help regarding your other post.

Look at the "export" section and compare your settings to the ones shown here..
http://www.vcdhelp.com/forum/userguides/92223.php#export

Don't use Nero's encoder it's awful, use TMPGEnc.
Export the Premier file to an AVI and use TMPGEnc's project wizard to convert to your choice of VCD, SVCD or DVD then use Nero to burn..

Use the TMPGENc guides located here..
http://www.vcdhelp.com/tmpgenc.htm (VCD)
http://www.vcdhelp.com/tmpgencsvcd.htm (SVCD)
http://www.vcdhelp.com/tmpgencdvd.htm (DVD)

Hope some of these help out.
Rick