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I have both the Xvid and actual DVD version of BOTF. I checked the Xvid last night and realized that while it is widescreen, it appears to be pretty messed up. It is encoded as 16:9 anamorphic but with burned in black bars at the top and bottom. So, that makes me wonder if you should select 4:3 when encoding through DVD Santa. Not what I would want to do but that might be what you should do. I am tempted to try it tonight to see what happens. It just looks weird that if you load up the Xvid in PowerDVD it plays in Widescreen but with black bars on the top and bottom. Usually if a video rip is widescreen you will not see the top and bottom bars through a software player like PowerDVD. Of course since Star Wars is 2.35:1 and 16:9 TVs are 1.85:1 a small black strip will be displayed at the top and bottom but on your computer it should not show the black bars.
Very strange.