Making mpegs on a G3

So I have an older G3 that I am running Final Cut Pro 3. I would like to be able to export my movies to mpeg to make dvd's. Unfortunately I cannot load DVD Studio Pro on a G3. When Studio pro is loaded it must add a plug in to Final Cut that will allow Final Cut to make mpegs. Does anyone know what this plug in is called, where it is located, and if I can copy it off of a G4 and install it on a G3?
Thanks once agian for all your help.
Rocky

It has been a while but I think I used the BitVice G3 MPEG2 Encoder which has been discontinued for the G3 (http://www.innobits.se/)
I think I also used Terran Cleaner 5 but it has since been bought by several companies.
Maybe you can google either or find there products on ebay.

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