I am new to this so I am no expert but I have been using the last
freeware version of VSO DivxToDVD to make mini DVD's. My DVD player
will not play VCD's of any kind. However, I have not trouble playing
mini DVD's ( A DVD format on a CD.)
At this time I use super to convert to a format that Divx to DVD will
handle if needed. I an not real happy with super but it is really easy
to use.