1.Is your sequence setup and displaying correctly in Premiere?
If so then you need to learn how to set up the export parameters for AME when making a DVD.
2. You realize that HD is what you are recording with your camera and SD is what you are burning to your DVD (unless you are making a Blu-ray) disk.
When you take an HD video and make it SD video you either get a letterbox or a center cut image.
If you dont know what these are then Google is your friend. Good luck!
Tom Daigon
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