How can I use iDVD to burn movies I legally purchased online?

Please help, I have an older macbook pro with updated iDVD program. I am new to making DVDs so I have been watching and reading and trying to find any info on how to burn a dvd that can be played on any dvd player. I have purchased movies through itunes over the years and want to be able to use them off of my laptop, and i also have torrents that I want to burn. they are all either .avi or .m4v and every time i import them into the iDVD project it will show the titles of the chapters but no movie, no pictures, and will not even autofill dropzones! Please help, I have read that i need to make the .avi into .mov but i don't have the slightest idea how to do that without paying for something to slow my computer down even more. Any solutions that are not too complicated or expensive?

From iTunes Help:
Movies and TV shows purchased from the iTunes Store can’t be burned to a DVD or VCD that will play in a DVD player or Video CD.
As for the various .avi and .m4v files, you need to convert them to something that iMovie can use, like DV,, and then pass it to iDVD for burning - always assuming they are not copy protected and you are not breaching copyright.
For that you need mpegStreamclip:
http://www.squared5.com/svideo/mpeg-streamclip-mac.html
which is free

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