Exporting DV PAL Widescreen to AE CS4 - Squezzed comp

Please help. Am I missing something here. When exporting footage from FCP7 to AE CS4 my footage and the comp for that matter appear squezzed. the footage is 720X576 , DV-PAL Pixel Aspect:CCIR 601 .the comp is preset DV PAL - widescreen. Problem i have is how can I be sure how the effect looks in widescreen if its created 'squeezed'.

Try exporting from FCP again using Quicktime Conversion.
In there set the option
VIDEO: Compressor DV PAL, 25 fps, interlaced, there's the option to set 16:9 aspect as well.
AUDIO: 48 kHz, 16 bits stereo, best
Fast Streaming: OFF
I think this way AE will recognise the file as being anamorphic.
Otherwise set th x scale in AE to 1,33
Rienk

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