iPod video convertion issue

[evalverdes]

Greetings!
I'm a begginer in all these matters of video encoding, converting, etc. This is why I signed in, hoping to learn with you guys!
I have a 80 gb video iPod. Using the Total Video Converter, it's very easy to convert video files to a iPod compatible format. But the thing is after converting, and after using the iTunes to put the file into the iPod, when I see the video at the iPod, it appears in the 4:3 format, all stretched, everybody and everything looking very tall and skinny!! The "letterbox"option in iPod is on, and before converting the file at TVC, I choose the 16:9 format (at the TVC preview, both black bars appear, the video runs correctly). I also tried different resizing, like 512*384. But the result is always the same!
Can anyone give me a hand? Thank you very much
Best wishes to all.

[Krispy Kritter]

Have you tried encoding in 4:3? Does the display change with "letterbox" off? The iPod only has a 4:3 resolution (320x240).

[Epicurus8a]

Try Videora iPod Converter and see what happens.

[ssj2_goha]

You could also try my tool, it's a hack of 3gp_converter i have the link in alot of other posts. Also I will be releasing a freeware program that will convert video files to iPod format and tagg them correctly. This should be released in two weeks roughly if you can wait. I will be conducting a beta test of it shortly if interested pm me your e-mail adress and i will e-mail the program to you once i release the beta(limited to the first 50 people).