Exporting HDV to Small Quicktime Movie

I need to export an HDV sequence (1440x1080) to a 320x240 Quicktime movie. Can anyone please help me on how I can export this and maintain the aspect ratio. I have tried to export it using the Quicktime conversion, but it comes out squished. Any tips would be greatly appreciated. I am currently using Final Cut Pro 5.

Why 320X240? It's a 4:3 aspect ratio, and the only way you'll get your 16:9 images in that size is to letter box it in a 4:3 sequence, then export that letterboxed movie... Or use a pan and scan technique (cropping the original) and fill a 4:3 aspect ratio that way... but you can't get a 16:9 aspect ratio of images to fit right in 4:3 aspect any other way... other than to export as a 16:9 movie.
You can in QT conversion, select it to be letterboxed using the H.264 codec too I think if it must be that size. I think 320X180 would come out right using compressor instead...
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