HDV clips out of FCP to After Effects.... Settings???

Hi,
I am capturing my HDV clips with the apple intermediate codec 1080. And exporting like that to. But when I make a 1080 comp. in AE it is square. I turn the 4:3 aspect ratio off but to no avail. Any idea what I need to make my settings in the AE comp.
Thanks a bunch

Does it look squished horizontally? If so, make sure there are no 'anamorphic' settings checked in AE, or in your export settings out of FCP. That would make it look square.
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