SVCD Mpeg, wrong ratio? Need to make 4:3 into 16:9

[Orahnn]

Greetings! I'm new here, but you all seem to have a handle on things, so I thought I would hop right in with a question.

I have an SVCD compliant Mpeg that I've burned onto a CD from a bin/cue. Everything would be dandy, except that the image is a widescreen image that is stretched to fullscreen... so I'm looking at a 16:9 clip that is distorted to 4:3.

Any suggestions on how to remedy this? I can pop the SVCD into my pc and pull off the MPEG segment... can I run it through something to convert the video so I can reburn it with the black bars to correct the distortion? Is there some other solution?

Thanks in advance for any advice!

~Orahnn

[gd_nimrod]

Extract the mpeg onto your hard drive, then download and install TMPGenc...then reencode it to SVCD, and make sure the "aspect ratio you select "16:9 display" and also in Other Settings-> Advanced->Video Arrange Method you select "Full Screen (Keep Aspect Ratio)".

There.