Mixing anamorphic SD with HDV

I have multiple clips of anamorphic SD and HDV 1080i60 that I need to put together into a sequence. The finished product will be a DVD.
What are the best sequence settings to use?
Should I convert everything to Prores 422 NTSC first, convert the HDV to DV NTSC or ????
Appreciate any suggestions.
Brian

just place the HDV material into the SD 16:9 and it will be fine. it will be a waste of time and drive space to convert the HDV native files to ProRes or DV with no benefit. set the SD TL to use the ProRes codec which will get you the most amount of RT from FCP, that simple.

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