16:9 movie squished in iDVD

I have a movie all finished in FCP..16:9
when I pull it into iDVD (from iLife) the movie is squished. if I first "fix" the pixel dimensions in QT pro, the movie comes in at the right aspect ratio, but my titles, created in FCP, are nasty-looking and pixellated.
crummy choice!
any ideas on how to get iDVD to "see" what FCP has made?
thanks!
r

I have been working with anamorphic 16:9 in FCP, and when exporting (many various attempts) iDVD doesn't does not pick up on the fact that it is a 16:9 movie. My work around is quick and simple: open the clip(s) in Quicktime(Pro) and go to:
Window>Show Properties>Visual Settings...and then unclick the "peserve aspect ratio" so you can change it to 853 x 480. Save the clip in Quicktime after you make that change, and them from that point iDVD will know. I got weary of endless attempts to discover an export from FCP that iDVD would get. I may be missing something but I have tried and finally came up with this QT step.
Dual G5/2.5GHz/4.5 GB, internal ATA, G-SATA 500 Mac OS X (10.4.7) Final Cut Studio 5.0.4

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