Clips suddenly won't letterbox?

In my first widescreen project I've created several sequences. All clips appear in the Canvas in (letterboxed) widescreen aspect. I burned a test DVD and they played letterboxed on a full-screen TV without distortion, exactly as I had intended.
When I resumed work on the project today, every clip I moved to the Timeline showed in the Canvas in 4:3 aspect. The work I did previously remains unchanged. All those clips and sequences still show up letterboxed in the Canvas. But whatever I insert alongside them refuses to letterbox.
I'm still working from the same original clips. I haven't logged any new clips. In fact, I'm only using the same clips in different places. "Anamorphic" is checked in the Browser for all sequences and clips. "Fit To Window" and "Show As Sq. Pixels" is selected in the Canvas, same as always. I've trashed prefs, restarted, repaired permissions. Nada. Is there some simple setting I'm overlooking?

your DV anamorphic is a 'true' anamorphic.
What you might be asking is there anyway to have a true 16:9 timeline. The answer is not using most resonably editable formats.
What you may want to do if you shoot DV anamorphic is to edit the material on a timeline with the anamorphic preset. If you are going to dvd, simply export the file using current settings and use it to build a DVD. Just make sure DVDSP knows it is anamorphic footage. When played, most DVD players will automatically add the letterboxing.
If you have a very old dvd player that doesn't add letterboxing, in FCP create a 4:3 sequence and drop your anamorphic sequence into it. It should format as a letterbox then output that sequence and burn to dvd.
cheers,
x

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