DVD Writing?

Question

I have recently (legaly) downloaded several videos which i would like to play on my DVD player. The videos are in movie clip format and i would like to burmn them to a DVD-R. Is there any software (preferably free) that i can use to convert these files to DVD format (.bup, .vob, .ifo according to nero) to allow them to play them on my DVD player. My DVD player is multi-regional if it helps.

Answer 1

Free CD and DVD Burners and Copying Software

Final Burner New

Final Burner allows you to burn data CD/DVD, audio CD, video DVD, burn ISO images and rip audio files from a music CD. Supported formats include CD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW, DVD DL, HD-DVD and Blu-Ray. You can create audio CDs from *.wav, *.mp3, *.ogg, *.mid (ie midi files), *.wma, *.aac, *.mp4, *.m4a, *.xm, *.mod, *.s3m, *.it, *.mtm, *.mo3 audio files. To create your video DVD, you can import video from AVI, DivX, XviD, MP4, MPG (MPEG), WMV, ASF, MOV, etc. You can also capture your video from a webcam, a TV tuner, DV, etc.
ImgBurn New

ImgBurn writes a variety of DVD and CD images (including ISO images) to your CD / DVD writer, and is able to handle things like booktype and bitsetting. It is also able to burn DVD Video double layer images using the layer break you specify in the IFO file (or it can calcuate the layer break for you if you wish). The program is also able to erase and format rewritable media. Other features include the ability to create your own ISOs, with support for the various ISO levels, Joliet support, UDF, bootable CDs and DVDs, etc, from files and folders on your disk. In other words, you can basically use this program as a CD/DVD mastering program.
AVS Disc Creator

AVS Disc Creator is a free CD/DVD burning software that also supports writing to Blu-Ray discs. The list of supported media include CD-R/RW, DVD+/-R, DVD+/-RW, DVD-RAM, Double/Dual Layer DVD and Blu-ray BD-R and BD-RE. It handles multisession, the creation, writing and editing of disc images (ISO), the removal and addition of files from/to ISOs, and data verification (that is, verifies that your data is correctly written to the DVD, CD or Blu-ray disk). This is a Windows program.
K3b - The CD Creator

K3b is a Linux CD/DVD writing software that allows you to burn DVD-R(W), DVD+R(W), CD-R, CD-RW, VCD 1.1, VCD 2.0, SVCD, audio CD, mixed-mode CD (with CD-Extra, CD-Plus, Enhanced Audio CD support), eMovix CD, eMovix DVD, etc. It is able to create bootable CDs and even supports multiple El-Torito boot images (that is a bootable CD that can boot multiple images or OSes). It can convert from MP3, FLAC, Ogg Vorbis and WAV files to create an audio CD. It also has CD-TEXT support (it automatically fills in tags in audio files). It has multisession support, is able to copy CDs and DVDs, rip CDs, write ISO images to CD/DVD, etc.
Express Burn

Express Burn creates audio and data CDs. It supports the creation of audio CDs from wav, mp3, wma, au, aiff, ra, ogg, flac, aac and other file formats. This is a Windows program.
Burrrn

Burrrn allows you to create audio CDs with CD-Text from your audio files on your hard disk. It supports wav, mp3, ogg, aac, mp4, ape, flac, ofr, wv, tta, m3u playlists, pls playlists and fpl playlists and cue sheets. It can read tags from these files. This is a Windows program.
Burnatonce

Burnatonce is a free CD mastering software that allows you to create data and audio disks. It can also handle DVD discs if you install a free but time-limited third-party software. The software supports multisession burning, bootable discs, ISO9660:1999, UDF, Joliet, East Asian characters (CJK), USB and Firewire drives, ISO, CUE and TOC images, converts MP3, MP2, WAV, Ogg and Flac files to audio CDs, supports ID3v1.1, ID3v2, Vorbis and APE tags, allows you to set the silence, pregap and postgap between audio tracks, etc. This is a Windows program.
CDBurnerXP Pro

CDBurnerXP Pro is a free CD/DVD burner that is able to write CD-R, CD-RW, DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW discs, creating either data or video discs. It can also create audio-CDs, rip audio-CDs, burn and create ISO images, convert WAV files to MP3 and vice versa, verify discs after burning, create bootable discs, print covers for your creation, convert BIN/NRG to ISO, etc. It supports Burn on the Fly and Burn-Proof hardware. It apparently works with most IDE, USB, Firewire and SCSI drives (or so the site says). Supported systems include Windows 98, ME, 2000 and XP.
DeepBurner Free Version

DeepBurner Free allows you to burn data CDs and DVDs, audio CDs, build and burn ISO images and create bootable CDs and DVDs. It does not support the copying of CDs and DVDs though. This is a Windows program. This software is for personal use only; business and educational use is not allowed.
Easy Burning (Windows) and EasyBurn Linux

Easy Burning (Windows) provides a pretty face to CDRTools (included in the package). It works on Windows 98, ME, 2000 and XP. It is integrated into the Windows shell. Among its features is the ability to write CDs and DVDs in the UDF format, along with the usual support for creating multisession data discs. EasyBurn Linux runs on Linux and allows you to burn a folder to a CD using its GUI.
ISO Recorder Power Toy

ISO Recorder Power Toy is an add-on for Windows XPs, which comes with rudimentary CD burning facilities out of the box. ISO Recorder adds the ability to copy CDs and create ISO images from your existing CDs. At the time this review is written, the software does not yet support XP SP2. There is also no support for video or audio CDs.

Answer 2

Total Video Converter If you are using windows vista you can also use windows dvd maker

Answer 3

Tri win Avi video convertor

Answer 4

ConvertXtoDvd you can find it on mininova.org it can convert most files to dvd and is pretty easy to use

oh and its free full working software

Answer 5

Lie JoniQ says,try http://www.winavi.com they give you a 30 day free trial and if you like it BINGO. Its approx £16 gbp

Answer 6

You can use WinAvi programme. It works perfect.