Samsung DC-173U Camcorder....some issues and questions

[jedisalf]

Hey there.

I have a Samsung Camcorder DC-173U, which is one of those mini DVD camcorders, I have some questions and issue siwth it:

1- Even though I record the videos in widescreen mode, and have both widescreen TV and a wide screen PC monitor, when reproducing the videos it changes the aspect radio, why?....how can I bypass this, so I can see my videos in widescreen.

2- It records the files in a .vbo format, which are the ones I just burn into DVDs, to see in my dvd player or PC, or even stright with the mini DVD. But I would like to change those formats into .avi How to do this?, I owuld mainly just get small clips so I can send over email, the .vob files are too big, and I don't need the whole lenght.

So Im basically asking how to edit (cut videos into smaller clips) and saved them as .avi

I would rather use any freeware out there, the only software I already have is that TMPeg, and a neighbor has adobe premiere.

[jedisalf]

anyone?