DVD Studio Pro 4.1 settings questions??

[HELLZWINDSTAFF]

Here's my problem.
I have a pal formated movie that is 16.9 and 2.35.
I've made a subtitle script , timed it ect.
Everything looks fine. But I burned it to dvd and now it seems it's formated for 16.9 tvs. I don't have a 16.9 tv and my original file of 2.35 works perfect on my standard tv. Now it seems letterboxed on my 4.3 tv.
So how do I set it up to keep it 2.35 on my tv? Menu and movie. Do I make my menu in 4.3? I don't want my movie in fullscreen. I'm at a loss?? Or dumb?? you choose

[terryj]

Your Project should have been started as a 4:3 project.
The fact that it is letterboxing on your TV means
that somewhere either a pulldown flag wasn't set correctly
( in the Project Preferences) or the asset wasn't encoded
with the correct pulldown.

I would start with the project first, as that is the easiest.
Verify by crating a new project that the project is 4:3.
Then add the asset, and highlighting the timeline,
check the Inspector on the timeline to see if a flag is set
(for 16:9 letterbox).

[HELLZWINDSTAFF]

Your Project should have been started as a 4:3 project.
The fact that it is letterboxing on your TV means
that somewhere either a pulldown flag wasn't set correctly
( in the Project Preferences) or the asset wasn't encoded
with the correct pulldown.

I would start with the project first, as that is the easiest.
Verify by crating a new project that the project is 4:3.
Then add the asset, and highlighting the timeline,
check the Inspector on the timeline to see if a flag is set
(for 16:9 letterbox).

Thanks for the tip.

I'm still at a loss. I did exactly what you said and my finshed project was still jacked up.
Here's my whole step by step, Maybe you can find where I'm wrong?

DvD-R via Mac the Ripper
Mac the Ripper settings to Extract all streams. M2v, 2 audio tracks.
Made a sub-title script in Jubler saved as .stl

Opened up DVDSP
In Prefs (Project SDDVD Pal), (General-Display Mode 4:3), (Encoding-16.9 two pass VBR bit 6.0-8.0)

added my assets, Checked my m2v in DVDSP from asset box it shows it's 16.9 ( doesnt say letterbox)
But if I check in timeline is doesnt say anything 16.9 ect...
But if I inspect the track one box see pic below. It has a display mode that can be changed. Do I have to change this to 4.3 for proper playback on standard tvs? I haven't change this box before when making the final dvd.

Could this be causing the problem?

[HELLZWINDSTAFF]

Ok, I've figured it out. Now I have a problem with playback.

All I did was Mux the M2v and 2 audio files. I've got the 4:3/16.9 figured out but after I muxed the 3 files together and ripped to dvd. During playback it kind of sputters. I've noticed this before Using MovieGate. If you don't re-encode it sputters but if you choose to re-encode I notice it goes theu a little AC3 fix. And after it does the whole AC3 fix and muxing it plays flawless.

Is this a common problem with AC3 files? I know quicktime stills has a problem with decoding. Is this another problem in DVDSP as well? If you use the viewer in DVDSP it plays fine. Mux them together and it's another story???