Creating 16:9 Widescreen DVD's from FCP 5 16:9 project

Hi would appreciate advice
I'm running Final Cut Studio with iDVD5. I have created a 16:9 project. All the Video / Audio etc settings are set to DV-PAL Anamorphic (16:9) with the Anamorphic check box ticked. Can Apple please tell me (can't find info in FCP or iDVD help) the proper way to Export the finished 16:9 FCP 5.0 Timeline so as to create 16:9 iDVD's. I understood it was suppose to happen automatically but when I Export the Timeline, Quicktime Movie keeps converting to 4:3. I've tried setting it to DVD- PAL 48kHZ Anamorphic but it still seems to revert to 4:3 (and takes 2 hours to create QT movie) What am I doing wrong? Do I need to resize in the Export Settings to say 1080 x 576...Or is using the Anamorphicizer as suggested in iDVD forums the proper way to do it? Why is it so hard I thought it was suppose to be easy....thats why I upgraded to FC Studio and iDVD 5...Please tell me the CORRECT way/settings to produce 16:9 DVD's please?
thanks
Waz

I believe the problem is there is no problem.
Don't bother resizing. That will just make more problems.
Widescreen DV is the same format as Normal DV. The 16x9 format is just a playback property which you enable from whatever app you're using for playback. All you need to do is tell iDVD that the footage is supposed to be in 16x9. I don't use iDVD that much since getting DVDStudioPro so I can't tell you exactly how to do this, but I believe it's a simple checkbox or the like.
Why not use compressor to create a high quality widescreen MP2 and AIF file then import them into DVD Studio Pro? DVD studio is just as easy to use as iDVD once you complete the tutorial and you will have much more control over your presentation. It's a great program to learn if you have FCP studio already.
Hope this helps.

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