Best format for homemade DVDs

I want to make a DVD of home videos but have had hours and hours of problems in the past, so have a couple of questions in the hope of making it go a bit easier this time....
I have XP & basic programs like Cyblerlink Powerproducer & Powerdirector, and Windows Movie Maker.


The DVD I am making needs to be playable in DVD players in UK & USA, so
- what's the best file format to covert them to? They download to my pc as .MOD files, & I usually just convert them to MPEG
- what's the best kind of writeable DVD for this? DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW or DVD+RW?

Any other useful info would be greatly appreciated too! Thanks!

 

Hi Nice,

You might want to try DVD Flick.

http://majorgeeks.com/DVD_Flick_d5530.html

Personally, I like to use DVD-R disks to record onto.

Puppy

 

Thanks. I'll give that a try!