Exporting a 16:9 movie

I use a new HDV camcorder (Canon HV-10) that takes wide-screen 16:9 ratio.
I used the footage in FCP5 to edit a movie - the Viewer and the Canvas both display the image from the clips in the wide 16:9 format, but the clip settings indicates 720 X 480 which should not be - the display is not 4:3, it's 16:9.
The problem is in the export: I can export the finished film and get a 4:3 product (the sides of the frames are clipped off when I view it in the Quicktime Movie viewer), but I cannot get a 16:9 product.
The finished exported movie settings are 720 X 480 with a 4:3 aspect ratio - not what I want - if the source footage is shot with a camera that takes 16:9, shouldn't the exported (edited) film be 16:9 as well?
If I attempt to export the movie using an HDV 1080 preset, it winds up as 1920 X 1080 which is "incompatible" in DVD Studio Pro 4. I think what I really want is either 1280 X 720 (16:9) which is the HD 720p or HD 960 X 720 (also 16:9) or HD 1280 X 1080 (also 16:9).
I am really very confused by the sequence settings window, it has, in the general tab, three places to set: "Frame Size" - "Pixel Aspect Ratio" and "Compressor." The Compressor has me most puzzled - I can see that the frame size and pixel aspect ratio should be the same (for example, if frame size is set to HD 960 X 720, so should the aspect ratio, but the compressor doesn't offer the same choices. The three choices there for HDV are: HDVp24, HDVp25, and HDVp30 - what's the difference and is that what is needed for HD 960 X720?
I am getting the uncomfortable feeling that I will have to recapture the original footage again, since I am unable to work with what I already have (sorry, I don't remember my capture presets, and now I've monkeyed with them so much that the original presets are unknown.
Would like to have the answers to two questions:
1) what should I have set my capture and sequence presets at to capture HDV footage and be able to work with it and export a 16:9 end product that is burnable onto a DVD;
2) can I salvage what I now have? Given that my existing footage settings are at the 720 X 480 size (but display in 16:9 ratio!), can I export the final film as it lies in FCP5 to a 16:9 movie that can be "compatible" with import in DVD Studio Pro 4?
Please help.
Barry

OK Barry, a little more since I haven't seen any
action here.
Some observations:
Based on your post, you didn't shoot HDV format. You
shot DV Anamorphic NTSC, which is 720x480 that gets
stretched wider on the display device to restore the
16:9 image.
This is good, since the only likely useful format for
a DVD output for you will be exactly the same: NTSC
anamorphic.
1) what should I have set my capture and sequence
presets
at to capture HDV footage and be able to work with
it and
export a 16:9 end product that is burnable onto a
DVD;
Remember that (apparently) you didn't shoot HDV at
all.
Frame Size: 720x480
Pixel Aspect: NTSC - CCIR 601 / DV
CHECK THE BOX: "Anamorphic 169"
Field Dominance: Lower
Editing Timebase: 29.97 (most likely)
Compressor: DV/DVCPro NTSC
2) can I salvage what I now have? Given that my
existing
footage settings are at the 720 X 480 size (but
display in
16:9 ratio!), can I export the final film as it
lies in
FCP5 to a 16:9 movie that can be "compatible" with
import
in DVD Studio Pro 4?
Edit your sequence settings to the above, or if for
some reason that doesn't work copy everything to a
new sequence with thopse settings.
You should be fine. "The key phrases of the day are:
- DV (not HDV)
- Anamorphic
Thank you. I think I am under a mistaken concept of what HDV is. I thought, apparently incorrectly, that HDV is not 720 x 480, but either 1440 x 1080 or 1280 x 1020, and the most common HDV format is 1440 x 1080i. I think (not certain tho') that my camcorder is 1440 X 1080.
I just now (after reading your reply) re-read the camcorder manual(Canon HV10). They explain in the beginning of the manual that high-definition video (HDV) is composed of 1,080 lines.
In the section of the manual that discusses the menu options, under "REC/IN SETUP" there are three choices:
"1) HDV: High definition video at 1080 specifications with 16:9 aspect ratio.
2) DV (WIDE): Standard definition digital video with 16:9 aspect ratio.
3) DV (NORMAL): Standard definition digital video with 4:3 aspect ratio."
I am not sure if I had the camera set to record HDV and not DV (WIDE). And if I did have it set to HDV, I am not sure if I had the capture presets set to capture HDV and not DV (WIDE).
Does that information change your reply? I must say you seem to be very knowledgable. Thank you again.
Barry
Mac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

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