FCP 6 export widescreen SD - iDVD 7 widescreen plays 4:3

Exporting DV anamorphic, plays in QT as widescreen, iDVD menu is widescreen, BUT the exported video plays 4:3.

Hello Todd,
apparently the anamorphic flag got lost somewhere, or is just not seen by iDVD. You can try to trash iDVD preferences, repair permissions, make a new iDVD project ... if that doesn't help you can try to re-install iDVD.
I personally would simply make a disk image, then fix the error with myDVDedit (http://www.mydvdedit.com/). I know this may sound stupid but you'll need to correct the DVD anyways, since iDVD always outputs as "16x9 pan-scan & letterbox".
hope this helps
mish

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