FCP X 16:9 standard def project is squashed in iDVD?

This request for info is for a friend.
He shot a 16:9 standard definition project on  DV TAPE and edited it in FCP X using the Anamorphic DV preset.
When exported as a Master File and put into iDVD it plays squashed as 4:3
I believe this is connected with the fact that iDVD does not recognise anamorphic markers.
So exactly how should he have set up his FCP X project initially?

Ian R. Brown wrote:
I believe this is connected with the fact that iDVD does not recognise anamorphic markers.
That is correct. A bug that was never fixed. But I think setting the project up automatically as 480 anamorphic is the still the best way.
It's been a while since I've run into this, but the Quick TIme 7 solution that I know I used at one time doesn't seem  to work for me any more. (Just tested it.) Maybe I'm doing something wrong. So tell him or her to give that a try.
Alternatively, if I bring a 480 anamorphic clip into Compressor and in Geometry make the custom settings Up To 854X480 and square pixels, iDVD displays it properly. 
Good luck.
Russ

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