DAR 4:3 still looks narrow on the TV screen...Need help...

[lnong]

I captured analog video at 352 x 480 resolution into an AVI file. The reason I didnt capture at 720 x 480 is because I get a lot of dropped frames at that resolution.

Then I did some editing in Adobe Premiere Pro and encoded it using the MainConcept MPEG Encoder plugin (via the Adobe Media Encoding function). I set the transcode settings at follows:

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Codec: MainConcept MPEG Encoder
Quality: 5.0
TV Standard: NTSC
Frame Rate: 29.97 non-drop frame
Field Order: Upper
Aspect Ratio: 4:3
Profile: Main Profile
Level: Main Level
Frame Width: 352 px <--- IS THIS THE PROBLEM?
Frame Height: 480 px <--- IS THIS THE PROBLEM?
Bitrate: VBR, 1 Pass
Min Bitrate: 2.5 Mbps
Target Bitrate: 4.2 Mbps
Max Bitrate: 6.0 Mbps
M Frames: 3
N Frames: 15
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After I got the resulting MPEG2 file, I used TMPGEnc DVD Author to create the DVD. When I played it on my DVD player, the movie doesnt play full screen on my TV. It looks narrow just like 352 x 480. Shouldn't it play at 4:3?

Again, what I did was captured the video at 352 x 480 (SAR 11:15). When encoding, I set it to playback at DAR 4:3. Then I set frame width and height to be 352 and 480, respectively, because I thought that it should match the captured resolution. Is this the problem? Did I have to set it to a resolution that is proportional to 4:3? If so, what are those values?

[Krispy Kritter]

Typically you want to capture at a resolution closest to your source. But aside from that, by changing your capture to 352x240 should correct your problem.

[Abond]

What you did is correct. 352x480 should play 4:3 on DVD player and TV. Sounds like some wrong settings either in TDA or in your DVD player.
How you burn the DVD?

@Krispy Kritter at 352x240 the quality would be BAD.

[dcsos]

highlight the clip in the project window of Premiere Pro
choose "INTERPET FOOTAGE" from the file menu
This replaces the RIGHT CLICK function "maintain aspect ratio" from earlier versions of premiere, while giving you the ability to choose SQUARE vs RECTANGULAR pixels