I have some avi or divx files (not sure which) I am trying to burn to dvd but am failing miserably cause i’m a complete novice. Anyone know a programme that will convert the files? 
winavi will do the job
Thanks jd, i’ll try that.
Total Video2Dvd is a good choice. it can “Auto Convert and Burn MKV, Blu-ray TS, M2TS, AVCHD MTS, HDV1080i, Divx, Rm, Wmv, Avi to DVD Video Disc directly.”
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just need a dvd burner can burn avi to dvd