I'm trying to create a dvd for a friend to play on his dvd player but i'm not having much luck, i have been googling for a few days and have tried all the guides i can find but i am not having much luck.

the original video is in an mp4 format, i have used transmegeddon to convert to mpeg and avi, neither of these will play if i stick them straight on a disc

i have tried using devede to create the film and then burnt it to disc as an iso but that just gave me disc error messages

i have tried using brasero to create a video project but when it starts converting to mpeg2 it freezes at 3 or 4 mib and just does nothing,

are there any packages or codecs i might need that do not ship with ubuntu? i am using natty 11:04

i know the dvd writer works as i can put stuff on disc and watch it on my laptop


which programme is best for making a dvd that will work on all players?

thanks