How to burn MKV file onto DVD?

DVD pixels are no squares.

As you may have noticed both 4:3 and 16:9 DVDs are 720x576 (720x480 for NTSC). The only thing that changes is the width of the rectangular pixels.

Calling a 16:9 PAL DVD 1024x576 is misleading because while it is displayed at 1024x576 on a computer screen (exactly 16:9) the width of 1024 is upsampled from the original 720 pixel width.


PALPlus isn't 1024x576 either, that has even less horizontal resolution than a regular old DVD (about 560 pixels).
 
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Yes, you are both right. A standard DVD has 720x576 in 16:9 which means by playing it the video would be streched in an anamorphic way. Native 1024x576 would be square pixels and this wouldn't be playable in a normal DVD-Player...
 
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