Using bitvice to mpeg2 a 16:9 sequence?

hi there,
Can this be done?
I have 16:9 footage and I would like to output anamorphorically. that is, I want the film to be viewable in widescreen for such tvs as well as in letterbox for 4:3. I followed the instructions in this post:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1364469&#1364469
and it seemed to work (without burning...just look inside DVDSP).
my question: when I output the mpeg2 from bitvice, after taking the QT ref file created from FCP, the option was ntsc (which I want), but the resolution was 720 x 480 - i can't change this to anything higher for 16:9.
Am i doing something wrong?
I've tried to review other posts, but believe it or not, 16:9 is brand spanking new to me and I'm a bit clueless on it and now, a timeline is looming. The client and I had spoken many times about the required edits etc... but nothing ever came up about having 16:9 footage. I guess I'll be adding this to my information gathering sheet.
Any help is hugely appreciated.
Cheers,
keebler

16:9 DVD footage is 720x480, just like 4:3 footage is. The difference is in the aspect ratio of the pixels. For 16:9, the pixel ratio is 1.2 (the width of the pixel is 1.2 times its height). For 4:3, the pixel ratio is 0.9.
As long at the footage was done in FCP as 16:9, you should only have to set the Aspect in BitVice to 16:9, so that it'll put the widescreen flags in the encoded footage.

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