How can I distort footage in AME?

I have PAL footage @ 720x576px with a 16:9 flag for aspect ratio. I want to encode this to a H264 file at 720x576px square pixel, discarding the aspect ration. Currently AME is scaling (letterboxing) my footage into 720x576 preserving the aspect ratio.
I've probably missed something. Any suggestions greatly appreciated.
Thank you.

If I understand correctly, you want your 16:9 source footage resized into a 4:3 frame without cropping any pixels (i.e. by distorting the image). If so, there are two ways to do this:
A) Use the Interpret Footage dialog (File > Interpret Footage) to change the aspect ratio of your source to Square Pixels.
...or
B) If you have AMC CS6, set Source Scaling in the Export Settings dialog to Stretch to Fill. This will automatically resize the source to fit the frame size of your output, distorting the frame as necessary.

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