Exporting anamorphic quicktime

Hi,
I am editing in FCP 4.5. The video was shot wide-screen 16:9. I captured correctly (I assume). My sequence settings are NTCS-CCIR 601/DV, 720x480. Anamorphic box is checked. Everything looks good - correct proportions.
But how do I export to QuickTime properly? I tried it with the Anamorphic box checked and un-checked. Both times the resulting QT was squeezed into a box. People were distorted (stretched) and the wide screen was lost. Please advise. I read the HELP section, but perhaps didn't understand it.
thanks,
Eve

I have temp music in the video now. i'm making the DVD so the client has a copy to look at (they asked for it, so why not), while the composer is working. BTW: the QT i make i really a "self-contained FCP movie") if that helps in your advice.
PS - I have the same problem when exporting a freeze frame (still frame) from FCP to use for whatever purposes...the widescreen gets squished. Tips?
I fully admit that even after reading the posts and info about 16:9, i don't understand it really, so i'd settle for just knowing the proper settings to export...i'll probably have the same problem when i print to tape (mini DV) at the END END of the project. So i'd better get on top of it now.
Many thanks for helping me with this issue. i feel a bit dense about this.
best,
Eve

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I'm trying to export a quicktime from an anamorphic sequence from FCP 4.5 using quicktime movie (not self contained), In DVD studio pro It comes out with bars either side after telling it it's anamorphic footage and in iDVD it comes out 4:3
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In DVD studio pro It comes out with bars either side after telling it it's anamorphic footage and in iDVD it comes out 4:3
Can you speak on how you're testing this? That is, are you using the DVDSP's Simulator? Or are these burned discs that are acting this way?
If these are burned discs, what are the settings of your DVD player and TV? By that I mean, if your DVD Player set to 16:9 Pan & Scan or 16:9 Letterbox mode?
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Is there any way to flag the QT so that the QT Player can play it back properly?
For instance, if the next step is making a DVD, the same QT Movie can be imported into DVD Studio Pro, and all I have to do is to identify the track as "16:9 letterbox" and it'll play back in DVDSP in correct aspect ratio. Am I correct in thinking that the QuickTime Player still doesn't allow me to do something this simple after all these years?

That is strange ... I just ran the test again. Heres the steps I tested.
First, I created a DV PAL anamorphic sequence in FCP 5.1.4 (QT 7.4.1)
Then I added a 10 second color matte to the sequence (Video Generators>Matte>Color)
Finally I exported the timeline in using 3 different methods:
1) Export >Quicktime Movie w/Current Settings, Self Contained
2) Export >Quicktime Movie w/Current Settings, Recompress All Frames, Self Contained
3) Export >Quicktime Conversion >>Quicktime Movie >>>DV PAL, and specifying specifically that the aspect ratio was 16:9
Results:
1) Movie played 4:3 in QT Player ... enabled "Conform aperture to: Clean" and it played 16:9
2) Movie played 4:3 in QT Player ... enabled "Conform aperture to: Clean" and it played 16:9
3) Movie played 16:9 in QT Player ... "Conform aperture to: Clean" was enabled already
So I've just tried to see if I can force it NOT to work...
4) Export >Quicktime Conversion >>Quicktime Movie >>>DV PAL, and specifying specifically that the aspect ratio was 4:3
Result:
4) Movie played 4:3 in QT Player ... "Conform aperture to: Clean" was enabled already.
So the only way I can seem to make this not work is if I go out of my way to tell QT that its NOT anamorphic and that it really is 4:3 ... then QT Player takes me at my word.
Odd that you're not seeing this. I wonder if its version specific?
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Matt,
Anamorphic DV is 4:3 ... thats why it appears so when you play it back in QT Player ... what you need to do is set a flag in the exported movie that tells QT player to stretch the movie back out to the intended aspect during play back.
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I’m editing a short originally shot on digibeta 16:9, then dumped down onto DV for digitising in. I’m having trouble keeping the aspect at 16:9 when I export to Quicktime.
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