Widescreen Quicktime goes square in iDVD

I have exported a quicktime from Final Cut that was shot in widescreen. I have exported it with the option for letter box and without. When I just play the quicktime it is in widescreen. As soon as I import it to iDVD it becomes square. I am using a widescreen menu in iDVD. The really weird thing is when I selected to letterbox if needed to maintain aspect ration it put vertical letterboxing in and made it even more narrow.
Any thoughts

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