16X9 HD for the web

I'm posting some online videos. The master footage is 720 16X9 HD footage. I think the total time for each clip is around 5 minutes. I'm trying to use Compressor to create a high quality 16X9 final product, and the file probably can't be any bigger than 200 MB. Any ideas on which settings I can use? Every setting I tried was regular aspect ratio, and not 16X9. I changed the cropping, and just about every variation I could think of, and could not get it done. Could anyone walk me through it?

Do you know what the cropping for 16X9 in SD? Is it around 720X400 for full size widescreen without letterboxing?

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