Mini-DVI to SCART... HOW?!?!?

Hey all,
My question is pretty straight forward, I have searched the forums and not been able to get a straight forward answer.
How do you connect a macbook to a television that only has SCART connections? Basically i need a Mini-DVI to SCART cable. These seem to not exist?
If anyone knows how to connect Mini-DVI to Scart please help. Will this also give me full colour and sound?
(P.S I also have those 3 little red/white/yellow jack inputs at the side of my tv if thats any help... not sure what they are called?)
Thanks for your time reading this problem,
Steve.

(P.S I also have those 3 little red/white/yellow jack inputs at the side of my tv if thats any help... not sure what they are called?)
They are called composit video input.
I answered your other post without the knowledge that you have a composite video input. This changes everything. Forget everything in my other post.
Here is the easiest way to do this. Get a mini-dvi to video adapter. Then you need an RCA cable. Yellow is usually video input while the red and white are sound. You also need to pick up a 3.5mm to RCA audio Y cable. This will allow you to get stereo sound. Example of 3.5mm to RCA Y cable
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