Using 16:9 .mov file in iDVD

Hello,
When I add my 16:9 .mov video, created in FCP with Export: Quicktime Movie: DV PAL anamorphic to iDVD I get a 4:3 video.
I changed to .mov file with QT: properties: conform aperture, but this does not help.
I have an old .mov file from February where I have no problems that iDVD is converting the 16:9 to 4:3.
How can I get a 16:9 video in iDVD ?
Thanks,
Hubert Anemaat

I have managed to burn with iDVD and 16:9 no problem exporting movies out of both iMovie09and FCE.
What theme are you using? Some of the themes in iDVD are 4:3 themes and may very well mess up your movie?
If you want one of the 4:3 themes, you can always letterbox your 16:9 movie so that it has black bands top and bottom and fills the 4:3 window. But that diminishes the visual size of the movie.
Otherwise be sure that you have selected a widescreen iDVD theme.
Terri

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