Burning downloaded content to DVD

Hi all
Seems like I am still a newbie switcher but trying to learn fast. Hope I do not bore you all to tears!
Although I know that QT does not support .avi or .divx formats.
If I download content from the net in those formats (TV series or movies) can I still burn them to a DVD to play on a standard home DVD player? Or should I use something like Visual Hub/iSquint/Handbrake etc. to convert the file formats?
How do I burn the content? Do I merely drag-and-drop the file onto the blank DVD disc-image? Or is that too simple?
Thanks so much,
Chris
IMac G5 2GHz PowerPC, 1GB DDR SDRAM   Mac OS X (10.4.6)  

I would get QT Pro and the codec you need then file-export. Make sure you own the content . Then figure out which format your dvd-player can play. check out the dvd forum org. ffmpeg also works. some dvd players do divx. I would try to burn a Video CD or a regular DVD. If you do DVD it'll have to be AC3/PCM audio and MPEG-2. That's an extra cost. Or you could try iDVD or DVD Studio pro, but those are kind of buggy also. Verbatim media.

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