Using an older version of iTunes...can't play MPEG 4

When I say older, I mean, way older. Verion 3.0 to be exact.
I recently wiped out my hard drive and clean installed it. I reverted to using OSX.2.8 because supposedly, it works best with the version of Final Cut Pro that I use, FCP 3.0.
However, I'm discovering all sorts of limitations with my system. Files that won't open, and now, iTunes won't play Mpeg-4 files. Is there a version of iTunes that I could download to work with my OS and play the MPEG files?
Thanks.

Yes very easy to do. Use Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper, both free downloads. You can then CLONE your internal drive to the external and make it bootable. This is especially useful if you are doing updates/upgrades to your machine and want a bootable backup you can revert back to if it doesn't go so well (e.g. you install iTunes v7.2 and discover it doesn't work right so you can clone the external back to the internal to get back to v7.0 or whatever).
And alternatively you can put in your install restore CD/DVD and install the OS directly onto your Firewire drive if you don't want to go the cloning route.
Patrick

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