Bad quality of a QT sequence for iDVD

Hi,
I'd like to burn a DVD with a sequence edited in FCP. After exporting from FCP I drag and drop the sequence in my iDVD project, and when I want to preview the image quality is very bad. Looks like draft quality, square pixels...
When I check the sequence with QT player, no problem the resolution is good, it's only the preview in iDVD.
I've burned few DVD in the past and everything was fine.
Did I miss something in the FCP settings ?
Thanx

Hi guys,
here are the specs of the export you have to know that it's native DV)
In FCP :
file/export/qt seq
settings : custom
image size 720X405 (custom 16:9)
pixels : PAL-CCIR 601 (720X576)
field :even
fps : 25
When I open the sequence with qt the image is correct, when Idrag the seq into iDVD, the preview shows me, as I said, kind of draft image with square pixels...

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