How do i burn a video on my laptop to a dvd that will play on a dvd player?

Well, to be able to do that - you need to do 2 things:

The things are: 1) You need to convert your movie file to either DVD format or MGEG format. (you can download the trial version of that download.com, just type in "Dvd format converter" - you can find a lot on that website. When you convert it, it will take you approx. 20-30 minutes depending on the size of your movie(s) - - - 2) Then download Nero 7 - go find that on the internet and then download it - Download the trail version of that, then go search for a crack code to crack it. You can find all kind of crack code at www.serials.ws --

make sure you have a dvd writing drive first of all you can find this out by looking at the drive or near it and it should read dvd+r or dvd-rw plus you need the right software to put that data on a disc you might need a decoder as said above downloads.com has some trial ones if that works head to a best buy or go to amazon.com to get it you will need some dvd discs that are compatible with the drive get the same ones that it says on the drive itself

hope this helps