Very Strange aspect ratio on DVD

[qaman109]

I converted an Xvid file with TMPGENC. The resulting mpg looks great and is approx 2.35:1
After burning to DVD the video plays at approx 1.85:1 on the TV.
The image is NOT vertically stretched, side info is lost.

I tried buring with a few different authoring programs and got the same result.

Any help?

[Cornucopia]

Go back to the original, change the source aspect ratio (to 2.35:1).
Set encoding aspect ratio to 16:9.
In crop section, add letterbox border to top and bottom to fill out to 16:9 anamorphic frame.
Then Video Arrange method would be "Full Screen" or "Center".

There are probably other ways to do this also, including adjust in Vdub or AVISynth and frameserving.

HTH,
Scott