Exporting fce movies to dvd

Excuse my profound ignorance, but I just don't understand all of the available codecs for exporting, etc.
I would like to create FCE movie segments, and then export in a format that is suitable for idvd and is in a 16:9 format (that is, completely fills the screen of a wide-screen lcd screen - no black bands on the top and bottom).
Amazingly silly question: how does one do this?
Many thanks in advance.

What format are you working in SD or HD? Either way you export to QuickTime Movie. If you're working in SD there are some issues:
http://www.fcpbook.com/Video9.html

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