16:9 export issue within Final Cut Studio 2

Hello forum users,
I have captured 16:9 SD Mini-DV footage into Final Cut Pro 6, edited, rendered, etc. The edit is complete and ready for importing into DVD Studio Pro.
Now, whenever I try to export the footage from FCP 6 it goes to a 4:3 ratio clip, squeezing the footage from 16:9 and making things look rather compressed, horizontally that is...
I have viewed similar posts within this forum but I can not seem to find a definitive answer to my problem. I simply want to export my footage at a 16:9 ratio with as little hassle as possible. This is the first time I have worked with 16:9 footage so my apologies for being naive.
I appreciate and look forward to your replies.
Thank you,
Neil.

It exports it correctly... as anamorphic material.
So...
Your best bet is to use the widescreen export/compression options in Compressor.
However - if you want to go directly into DVDSP and have IT compress it for you then just load it into a video track and a contextual dialog box will change in the lower right of your window... there, change display to LETTERBOX or Force Letterbox... I always forget.
This will force the 4:3 sets to show 16:9 with letterbox and ws tvs to do full screen.
You can test it out with the simulate window in DVDSP... there are two settings, one for 4:3 and one for widescreen. Make sure it does what you want for both.
Good luck,
CaptM

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