Resizing an 1920x1080(square pixel) 16:9 footage to 720x576 16:9

Dear all,
does anyone know how to create an H.264 (in an mp4 wrapper) video using compressor that will allow me to resize an uncompressed 1920x1080i (square pixel) footage to 720x576, whilst still retaining the 16:9 aspect ratio and not needing to use padding.
Many Thanks

Very easy. 
Load up the PAL 16:9, in the Presets window, there's a Plus Sign menu, choose QuickTime Movie from it.  You're making a custom preset (because Apple for some stuipd reason left out all the presets in 4 that existed in 4.5).
For Video, click Settings button.  Set compression type to DV PAL, aspect ratio to 4:3, OK.
Go to the Geometry tab, and set Dimensions for 720x576, pixel aspect to PAL CCIR 601, which should be set automatically.
Go above that to Source Inset (Cropping), and put in how many pixels each side needs to be cropped by.
Here's a neat trick.  In the top right of the Preview window, you can switch between the original and the compression target versions.  Left button is original, look at the bottom left of screen, look at it's width, write it down.  Switch to compression target version, and it should say 720, minus what the original is, devide by two, that's what you should crop by.

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