[LAU] DVD creator ?

Greetings, I've encoded some AVS animations that I'd like to burn as DVD-format files. I want to be able to play the DVD in a regular DVD player/drive. The files are currently in AVI format, with 800x600 video and 48 kHz audio resolutions. I tried the directions (NTSC + AC3) for mencoder here: http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/menc-feat-vcd-dvd.html but I got no joy. I'm inclined to believe that I don't know what I'm doing, the process just hangs while writing the video header. :( So what program(s) do the denizens of LAU use when they need to make a DVD for friends, family, and influential music-industry moguls ? 64-bit compatibility would be nice but isn't absolutely necessary. TIA, dp