There are a million 'guides' on how to do this on the internet and they all seem to say different things so I thought I'd ask you lot as, generally speaking, you have been the best source of info for basically anything computer related for a good few years 
What's the best way to take an .avi and get it converted/burnt to a DVD to play in a normal DVD player? Any software particularly good at this?
Tried nero a few times, always get an error about insufficient space on disk (which unless it's inflating the filesize by over 6 times is totally wrong- not interested in fixing this), so looking for something new.
Cheers in advance all.

What's the best way to take an .avi and get it converted/burnt to a DVD to play in a normal DVD player? Any software particularly good at this?
Tried nero a few times, always get an error about insufficient space on disk (which unless it's inflating the filesize by over 6 times is totally wrong- not interested in fixing this), so looking for something new.
Cheers in advance all.