MPEG-2 movie has no audio.

Isn't it possible to create a self-contained MPEG-2 movie with audio and video? Each time I import a self-contained Quicktime movie created in FCP into Compressor and encode a MPEG-2 movie using the MPEG 6.2Mbps 2-pass setting, I never get any audio.
The long version of this story is I have to get a 4.5G Quicktime movie file onto a DVD and it won't fit. It's in 960x720 HD. If I could just do a little compression to trim off a G or so all would be fine. Each time I try a "Quicktime conversion" compression option it makes the movie 4:3.
Thanks!

Isn't it possible to create a self-contained MPEG-2 movie with audio and video?
Yes,
Compressor presets>Formats>Mpeg2>Programme or Transport Stream.
(Ignore Elementary stream)
Hit page 183 of Compressor's manual for more info.

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1. used mac-the-ripper to get the Video_TS folder from a DVD with now encryption.
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2. then I took that .VOB file from that and drug it into MPEG Streamclip to convert the .VOB file to an xxx.mpeg... I'm trying to take a xxx.mpeg file and convert it to a smaller xxx_web.mov file that I can use for posting on the web and sending to friends easily over ichat.
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Already covered. (See above.)
If I export to any format (QuickTime movie, AVI, Windows Media, MPEG-4), all of the audio options are greyed out. Some say explicitly that there is no audio in the source movie. If I go ahead, I get a file with no audio.
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