converting avi etc to dvd

with what program can/do i use to convert avi etc to dvd as im new to apple computers

pc = apple imac

thanks in advance

I use Visual Hub to convert my files.
It will also join several files together into one dvd.

I use the free ffmpeg - which basically gives you a GUI to OS x's otherwise hidden video conversion commands

to burn the DVD you can either use the free Burn from sourceforge or the highly recommended Toast

http://homepage.mac.com/major4/

http://burn-osx.sourceforge.net/

http://www.roxio.com/enu/products/toast/titanium/overview.html

I've been trying to burn video DVDs for a long time and consistently fail. I've tried to work out how to do it with iDVD, but apparently it's not possible to burn a video DVD with Mac's own video DVD-burning software.

I tried a piece of software called ImTOO DVD Creator, but each time I try to add a video file I get the message "The following files are failed (sic) to be added". I've tried with avi, mpg and mov files and get the same message for all.

I then tried Burn (as per this thread). Burn converted my avi video file to mpg format and then I went through the dialog boxes of selecting burn speed, etc., was prompted to insert a disk and the software seemed to burn. But I couldn't hear the drive doing much and when it had finished the disk was untouched.

Any suggestions? Any other software I can try?

Getting tired of this...

Thanks!