Which 'source aspect ratio' for PAL DVD?

[jweaver]

I am in the process of converting some DV footage from my camcorder(taken at 720x576) into a format to fit onto a DVD.

I am using the latest version of TMGEnc and have taken the standard "DVD PAL" template.

I have made a few modifications (i.e 2 PASS VBR, 10 bit etc) but am stuck on what I need to do for "Source Aspect Ratio"

At default its set to "4:3 625 line PAL (704x576)"!

Is this what I need? As my original footage is 720x576, what will changing it to 704x576 do?

What setting should I be using? I am guessing that it should be "4:3 625 lin PAL", but I don't understand why its set as '704x576' as default for a DVD.

Can anyone shed any light on this?

Any info apprecaited

Jon

[Crazyjoe]

What setting you choose doesn't really matter. I don't know if widescreen format does make sense with the footage you got. Either way you should choose 4:3 or 16:9 with 625 lines. This makes better results and it's the best choice when you encode your video for use with DVD.