Webcast Archive and Test Questions with DVD Pro Studio

Is there a way to put a web archive of a Mediasite (by Sonic Foundry) webcast into a DVD that can be played on a TV through a traditional DVD player? I know you can link a site to pull up in a web browser when you use the DVD in a computer, but I was wondering if you could embed the archive file they give us on a CD into the DVD menu.
Additionally is there a way that you can make a series of questions for a training test into the DVD menu, so the student can select answers and then see which ones they scored right and which they scored wrong?
Thank you,
RAY PEARSON

Ray - the only way you can get this stuff showing on your DVD is to re-create it using video tools like FCP, or convert the footage that you have got to be MPEG2 and then sue it in DVDSP.
The answers you already have here are pointing you this way - you can do lots of things, but some stuff just isn't possible.
For the playback of the CD content, you might consider using a tool like Snapz Pro to record your computer screen (or rather, and area of it) whilst you use the CD and navigate the contents. The output from Snapz can be saved as DV footage with audio, and of course this can then be converted to go onto a DVD.
I think there are ways ahead for you, but it isn't straightforward!

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