Burning MPEG-4 Videos on DVD

I was just wondering how (if posible) can you burn videos downloaded by itunes on to a DVD. i have a DVD burner but it doesn't work becuase it is not in the right format... is there another program that will allow me to do that?
Windows XP

Depends. If it has digital rights management on it. No. You are stuck. However, look into MPEG Streamclip. See if it will export the footage into a DV file.
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/video/mpegstreamclip.html

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HOW TO MAINTAIN 16:9 ASPECT FROM IMPORT TO BURN
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Click on VTS Menu 2 and repeat as above.
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