OK stagger, there are quite a few Canon Powershots, but I'll bet the best conversion they do is MPEG 2 (the most common format without a lot of space)

well, there are still a few ways to go about this.

1, you can upgrade your DVD player to play VCD (meaning you can burn the movies onto the CD and watch it on the DVD player that can view the CD with this format) and there are some really nice ones out there for about $100.00

that would be the simplest BUT, it won't be very universal like if you want to make copies for someone else.

2, you can buy an external DVD burner (I like the Sony one) and use a program. Either Nero or Roxio would do. You can convert the movies.

Now, this is WHERE it gets tricky...

a standard DVD player plays .VOB files (older models will ONLY play VOB files)

but newer DVD players will play MPEG files, Quicktime Files, Real files, divX files, blah blah blah.

The reason for this is cause NOBODY had thought about uniforming the DVD format!!

And now they have high definition files

well, we can eliminate the high def files cause your puter won't do it at this time unless you want to pay for some major upgrade.

I am guessing you want to go with the VOB files so it is universal on any DVD players (but that will change in a few years as people upgrade their DVD players which are becoming cheaper and cheaper)

(whew, I need some water)

so without confusing you, I'll post what I usually do for myself in the next post. I am someone else smarter will come and have better idea than me. LOL