Final Cut X to Compressor to iDVD 16:9?

I am editing in FCX, using compressor to add chapter markers, and I want to burn DVDs in iDVD - but my video previews as 4:3? What settings do I need to change (and where) to keep my aspect ration 16:9?

This has often been discussed, but the solution is hard to find.
(One way seems to be to change and re-save the movie aspect ratio in QuickTime Pro. I don't have QTPro, so I cannot comment on that.)
The cheap solution is to load the exported movie into MPEG Streamclip, which is free, then select the menu "Edit/Aspect Ratio/16:9", and then re-save the movie under a different name using "File/Save As". Do not export, only "Save As".
This will only save the movie, and will not change the encoding; it will only change the aspect-ratio information in the header.
The problem apparently is that in most of Apple's QuickTime-writing programs, when they export SD anamorphic material, only the "Pixel Aspect" parameter will be set correctly (which is enough for QuickTime Player and some other programs), but the "Movie Aspect" parameter will not. Loading and re-saving in MPEG Streamclip fixes the "Movie Aspect" setting.
iDVD apparently only interprets the "Movie Aspect", and not the "Pixel Aspect", and thus interprets all PAL/NTSC movies as 4:3, unless their Movie-Aspect Setting is explicitly "16:9".
By the way, you can add chapter markers in FCX directly, no need for Compressor.
I also find "Final Cut X" a bit ambiguous. Do you mean Final Cut Express, or Final Cut Pro X?
Bernd

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