Originally Posted by Only A Hobo

The most useful player, with which you can play videos on your computer, is VLC. This has built in codecs (which are computer thingies that you need to play certain files), so that makes it less complicated and esier to use.
It is a free download from http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

Burning, which is putting on to disc, will require you to have a disc burner (a special type of CD player built in to the computer or plugged into it, and a programme for burning like Nero or DVD Santa. A search of the forums for these subjects will give you huge ammounts of information, as you have found, but using those two terms will narrow the search down, and the programmes come with full instructions. Many on the forums will guide you gently if you need them to