No MPEG-2 Option In QuickTime Conversion

I'm having trouble with my new Mac Pro and this is one of the problems. I have rendered my first project with this computer and when I go in to make an MPEG-2 of the project there is no option for MPEG-2. I have done this about 200 times with no problems. Now that I have everything switched over to the Mac Pro there is nothing. I have exported with Compressor and it created an MPEG-2 but I can't get DVDSP4 to burn to a DVD. Any help would be awesome! Thanks!

Do you have the MPEG 2 component installed?
BTW. [Have you read this|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2853?viewlocale=en_US]
I like the freedom that the QuickTime Conversion gives me in setting my size of file.
There is nothing that QT conversion does that Compressor cannot. Compressor actually offers a lot more.
Compressor is a great application that simply presents itself with a different interface and yet powerful features (Many concentrated in the inspector window).
Just to give you an example Compressor tells you the estimated file size, FCP QT conversion does not. However, the point I am trying to make is to get familiar with Compressor, I cannot recommend it enough.

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this is my first time using final cut pro.
for my class, i've created a video that is 7 minutes long using mpeg-4 clips with AAC audio. they're pretty small clips, 320X240, and fully rendered.
we're supposed to present our projects next week to the class and so today i tried exporting the video i created using Quicktime conversion, but the status bar told me it would take 40 minutes to fully convert, and it only kept going up from there.
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let's put it this way. if you do File>Export>Quicktime you'll make a quicktime file with the same compressor as your sequence and it'll render faster. If you select File>Export>Quicktime Conversion you can make a quicktime file with a compression of your choice. (although the conversion process takes time). so you could compress it into a DVCPRO 50 quicktime, or an uncompressed quickime or H.264 quicktime. any of these settings will play in quicktime. These you can select through the options button in the converter window. we just suggest you use Export>Quicktime because it's faster easier and it's useless in your situation to convert.

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reference---http://forum.doom9.org/showpost.php?p=988006&postcount=2838
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