Best output to DVD

I'm capturing VHS to FCP, no editing, just DVD transfer. I'm using QT conversion to create m2v, then to DVD SP3.0.2. Upon burning, the encoding process starts, but the vob files are not included. I'm not sure what the problem is. I can use Toast as well, but the quality doesn't seem to be too good. I don't need to compress either, I'm using a dual layer recorder. thanks

Later versions of Toast have the ability to compress the video at just the rate to make it fit on the disc, which should be reasonably good quality, if you don't get carried away with how much VHS footage you're transferring.
Another way to work with DVDSP 3.02 would be to do a Build and not a burn. You can then use DVD Player to play the Video_TS folder to see how the quality is looking, and then use Toast to make a DVD-Video from Video_TS. Or you could use DVDSP to do a Format, and select the Video_TS as the source.

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