FCP 7 Sequence Aspect Ratio Conflict Question

Hello,
I am working on a project that is DV/DVCPRO-NTSC, 29.97 fps, 720 x 480, Pixel aspect is NTSC-CCIR 601. I am trying to do two things with my project, one is to create a DVD for one to watch on the TV. The second is I am trying to create videos that I want to upload to youtube. I am having some issues with exporting for youtube which I am doing from FCP 7 and tried using compressor as well. The issue is that I am left with black bars on both sides of the video when I upload it at 720 x 480. When I add the tag yt:stretch=16:9 the bars go away but it looks like the top of my video is cut off as the persons head in the video shows from the nose down.
Someone suggested that I should export it as 720x404 Squared pixels, and
de-interlace it as well, in order for me to get rid of those black bars on both sides of the video that I am using on youtube.
I tried this and uploaded the 720 x 404 video to youtube, and there were no more black bars but now it seems stretched. For example there is a person in the video dancing, so in the new 720 x 404 video he looks fatter. It is like those carnival mirrors that make you look short and fat is the best way I can describe it.
Is there a way to have the video on youtube without black bars look the same as the video (720 x 480) with the black bars on the side? I am trying to upload a video on youtube that has no black bars and that is not stretched.
I really appreciate any help I can get!
Thank you,
Brad

Or you could scale up the video so it fills a 16:9 canvas, cropping the top and bottom, though this is not a very good solution for your image. You need to start shooting 16:9 if your delivery goal is going to be YouTube or pretty much anything these days.

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