Slideshow DVD & Export: Pixels Wrong Proportion

I have created a slideshow in iPhoto 5.0 with the format set to 4:3 iDVD, TV; Ken Burns effect enabled. The presentation plays flawlessly on the Powerbook (1.5ghz, OS 10.4).
When I export the slideshow as a Quicktime movie at 720x480, or send the slideshow to iDVD, upon generating the new media file (.mov) that is bound for DVD, iPhoto treats the .mov as ordinary square pixel material, and does not convert the square pixels of the slideshow's still images into the rectangular pixels of the digital video standard. The result is that slideshows sent to iDVD or exported to 720x480 Quicktime for subsequent authoring in DVDSP appear to be squeezed horizontally when the DVD is played.
You can confirm the problem by opening the .mov file created by iPhoto during "Send to iDVD." When opened directly with the Quicktime player and viewed at 720x480, if properly prepared that file should appear elongated/stretched horizontally (as all 4:3 DV material normally does when viewed as square pixels), so that it will appear in correct proportion when displayed as rectangular pixels per the DV/DVD spec for 4:3 material on televisions or software DVD players.
Incorrect preparation of the .mov file by iPhoto is a major problem. Apple needs to fix this, so that photos displayed on DVDs created via iPhoto's Slideshow function will not be distorted when the DVDs are played.
If you've never noticed this, please review your 4:3 slideshow DVDs and verify that all of the images are squeezed!
Comments?

Thank you for pointing out that iPhoto 5.0.4 has resolved the problem of improperly-proportioned slideshow images when "sending to iDVD." I implemented the 5.0.4 update and the images now appear correct when viewed in iDVD.
However, even with 5.0.4, choosing "export" of a large size .mov (720x480) still yields an unadjusted square-pixel file, which will result in squeezed images if used as source material for a DVD (in DVDSP, for example). Apple should correct the export of 720x480 files, also.
It seems as though Apple software engineers have provided the ability to output the 720x480 file size, but they fail to appreciate that the specific 720x480 size nearly always will be used in digital video editing, or as source material for a DVD, neither of which utilize square pixels. There is virtually no use for 720x480 exports of iDVD slideshows, unless the pixel aspect ratio conforms to the DV and DVD standard.
At present, if you want to generate slideshows in iPhoto with the automatic Ken Burns effect enabled, but include them on DVDs authored in DVDSP, a workaround is to "send to iDVD", which builds a 720x540 file; then use Compressor to create the 720x480 .m2v file for the DVD. You will lose more image resolution during that process than if iPhoto directly produced the 720x480 size with the proper pixel specs.

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