IDVD is mysteriously converting my movie to widescreen

Hi,
I'm using Final Cut Express 3.5.1 and I have created multiple sequences, each of which is exported to QuickTime Movie (not the conversion option) and it is not self-contained. Out of all the 8 exports I have created, one is being shown in iDVD as widescreen - when I choose the preview option.
All video came from the same video camera and from the same reel of tape (DV). I was wondering if anyone has run into this problem before and how did you fix it? I've tried creating a new sequence and creating a new export but the same problem occurs. Initially I was assuming that the problem is with FCE and not with iDVD but the good folks on the FCE forum suggested it may be an iDVD issue and I should also post here?
Thanks,
Walter ...

Ok, back from my experiments.
The DVD burned fine last night and I checked everything out on my Xbox 360 DVD player, attached to my widescreen tv. The movie actually looked ok, and I was pretty excited. I had two clips on the DVD, the first that displayed the "widescreen preview" mode in iDVD, and a second clip that previewed in 4:3 in iDVD. However, both of these looked basically the same on my tv. Then, I realized that my tv is widescreen, and was converting the movies to all look that same...stretched out wide.
So, I loaded the DVD on my MacBook to see what would happen. This is where I saw the difference. Since my MacBook is widescreen, the first video clip filled the entire screen, and everyone was stretched out wide. But, when I played the second video clip, my MacBook actually placed black bars on the side, playing the movie in its true 4:3 format. I then exited the fullscreen playback mode and started the DVD in the windowed mode. I watched the DVD player adjust the window width from 4:3 for the DVD menu screen to 16:9 (incorrectly) to play the first movie clip again.
To me, this all proves that what you see on iDVD (widescreen preview) is what you get on the DVD.
Now, regarding the chapter page videos showing in widescreen, this looks to be inherent on many the new iDVD themes that default to 16:9 mode. For some reason, when you tell iDVD to use 4:3 mode, it doesn't adjust the small chapter video clips accordingly, but leaves them in widescreen. But, this could be just the design of some of the themes, regarding the way they look.
To me, I've concluded that the iDVD preview is accurate to show how the DVD will actually look when played...widescreen vs. standard. But, I'm still not 100% sure why iDVD is stretching my 4:3 movies to 16:9. The extra audio jingles may be a clue. So, my next step is to convert the .aiff jingle files to .mp3 files, and then replace those in my movie. I'll do this sequence by sequence...maybe I can determine the cause here.
Oh, and if you haven't seen Iron Man, I recommend it.

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