Exporting Widescreen from FCP to mp4...help!

Help! I'm trying to export a 720x480 video from FCP, to upload onto youtube. I feel this should be easy, but no matter what codec i use, the exported video looks stretched. I want the video to stay widescreen, can have black bars at top and bottom, as long as aspect ratio is kept.
What am i doing wrong??

You mean 720x480 Anamorphic, yes?
Here's what I do...
File - Export - QT Conversion
BROADBAND HIGH
Then, click OPTIONS and change size to 420x270.
That will force 'widescreen' no letterbox.
Then, I load that to youtube directly and IT takes care of the letterboxing.
Good luck,
CaptM

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