Editing a 640x360 sequence

Good Afternoon,
I have begun a project for a client which consists of sixty 3-5 minute videos that will be put online. They have specified a 640x360 frame size. The assets used are varied: jpegs, standard DV, and HDV.
At first, I didn't think much of the odd frame size. Now, after editing several of the videos, I experiencing the frustration of working with 640x360:
Nothing will play unrendered, not even text slates or lower thirds created in the Viewer, much less the jpgs/video imported. Why can't the timeline playback in Preview mode?
When exporting (QuickTime Conversion) I select 'Current Size' yet it insists on 553x360. Even more confusing, when I accept that size, the resulting QuickTime is 569x360. How do I possibly deliver a video that is 640x360?
Should I encourage the client to consider a more standard frame size? Or is 640x360 common for the web?
Thanks, in advance.
Darren

first off, you should only do your final exports at that size.
Secondly you've got to decide on your easy setup for the project. Is the DV wide screen or 4:3? If 4:3 how do you want to deal with the hdv footage? Cut off the sides to have a 4:3 image? Let it be letterboxed? How will you deal with letterbox and full frame 4:3?
Once you sort all that out, choose the appropriate easy set up and get to work. Then do your exports at 640x360-- it's some sort of 16:9 I guess. Do NOT use current frame size, use custom.

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