Exporting HD video to iDVD

I recently edited HD video for the first time in FCP. I exported it as a Quicktime Movie using the current settings selection in the export dialog. In the iDVD preview, the video gets zig zagged edges every time there is motion, but is otherwise clear. Do I need to export this differently to burn a standard DVD, and if so what settings do I need, or is preview just having trouble displaying the video. I am new to HD so any help would be appreciated. The sequence settings show 1440 x 1080 (16:9) video.

I wrote this description over a year ago but it should give you all the info you need for the 2 methods.
Note that iDVD cannot deal with anamorphic SD video so you have to trick it as I describe using QT Pro player.
+1. Edit your HDV/AIC in the timeline. Then create a new DV-PAL (NTSC) Anamorphic sequence. Copy your edited HDV/AIC to the new sequence. Do not alter anything. Render the sequence ..... this will take a long time - up to twice the length of the project. Then File>Export>QuickTime Movie (Not Self-contained).+
+However, if you use the QT Movie in iDVD you will get a squashed 4:3 movie, so first of all you must make QT stretch it out to its proper 16:9 dimensions like this:-+
+a. Open the exported movie file in the QT Pro player.+
+b. Go to Window>Show Movie Properties.+
+c. Select the "Video Track" and in the "Visual Settings" panel uncheck "Preserve Aspect Ratio".+
+d. In the "Scaled Size" box set the width to 1024 pixels for PAL.+or 853 for NTSC+
+e. The "Video Track" will have turned grey, so click it to make it blue again.+
+f. The opened movie file will jump to 16:9.+
+g. Close it with the red button and click Save.+
+2. This method is fast. Set your HV20 to "Locked DV" which means that FCE/FCP will capture it as anamorphic DV and edit it as standard definition anamorphic DV. (Use Easy Setup ... DV-PAL (NTSC) Anamorphic).+
+You can then Export>QuickTime Movie to be used in iDVD and use the stretching technique mentioned above.+
Message was edited by: Ian R. Brown

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