Great thread here. I do the same as you Soxguy and maybe even use the same model Toshiba recorder. Only difference I get is a finished dvd that is not letterboxed but squeezed 4:3 of a 16:9 widescreen film.
When I play the dvd back on the Toshiba recorder it plays back perfectly in widescreen. But on any other player, it plays back in standard 1.33:1 with squeezed pic. I'm content with that for myself, but I make copies for family and friends and they get the same squeezed full frame pic.
I'd prefer to re-encode but the only programs I have are DVDFab and Nero. I remember a few years ago I was using separate programs to do this with .avi or mpeg files but the process was very lengthy and results weren't all that good. Audio sync problems were common.
So, I'd be interested in programs that might be able to do this work. The machine I use is an older one ... a top machine when it was new but by today's standards it would be considered average. It has 2 gigs of ram and a P4 processor.
Any advise will be appreciated.
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