Mac user trying to help out my wife on windows 7?

I know this probably not the place to ask windows 7 help but I figured hey maybe you'd could help me out.
I burn several avi files straight to DVD then I get a divx menu on my DVD player to watch them.
My wife used to do this on windows with divx player but it no longer supports burning. So how can I do this on windows 7.
Everywhere I ask they tell me to convert the files but I don't want to convert them ?

are you sure you even need the divx menu? most dvd players can just display the files on the disc and then you pick one, as far as I know (I'm not really familiar with burning avis I have to admit).
maybe you want to try to just burn the divx files and see if your dvd player plays them.

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Hello all,
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congratulations on coming over from the dark side.
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