Writing movies to DVD

Hi - I've been searching for a couple days but not found a conclusive answer to what I'm after! I have an unprotected .m4v file that I want to write to DVD so that it will read and play on a 'normal' dvd player.

From what I can tell I need to convert its format, but to what? And how? I think DVDs need to be in .vob format? I've also heard that they will read .mpeg files but that doesn't seem right.

Thanks in advance.

MPEG Streamclip will be able to convert the file to a MOV file, which iDVD can then create a DVD video disk from

Squared 5 - MPEG Streamclip video converter for Mac and Windows

louishen said:

MPEG Streamclip will be able to convert the file to a MOV file, which iDVD can then create a DVD video disk from

Squared 5 - MPEG Streamclip video converter for Mac and Windows

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So I'll need to buy iDVD then? Not that that is a problem.

IDVD should already have come with your mac

If you do not have it installed, then the open source Burn is an alternative

Burn - Home

louishen said:

IDVD should already have come with your mac

If you do not have it installed, then the open source Burn is an alternative

Burn - Home

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My MBP is approx. 18 months old, not sure if that makes a difference! I did think at the time it was supposed to come with iLife but didn't think about it until nearly a year later, then couldn't find any evidence to support that thought...

Thanks for your help though

You can use ffmpegx and it makes you the VIDEO_TS file with the .vob files and then inside the program if you go to tools -> img you can make the VIDEO_TS folder into an image that you can burn with disk utility. The only downside is you can't make the cool windows before the movie like in idvd.