It is important to understand the difference between a Digital Video Disk and a Digital Versatile Disk! The latter is simply a data store that is supported by most computers, the former is the original DVD format supported by dedicated players (and most computers). 

You can store any data on the latter, including any digital video file, but whether it will play from the disk depends entirely on the device.

The former uses an Mpeg2 file formatted in a very particular way (a VIDEO_TS file), such that the DVD will play on any dedicated player. The problem in my experience is to find an application that will format supplied Mpeg2 file(s) without re-encoding the actual video and audio. This ensures that you maintain the best quality. It also is going to be much quicker. I use an old free app called 'GUI for dvdauthoring' which still works fine for me on Win10. It will only accept raw video & audio mpeg files, not multiplexed. Once it has formatted the DVD it uses Imageburn to create the physical disk.

Hope this helps.

Mr. Eric D. Kirk wrote

Can anyone recommend a simple utility to burn a DVD?  Looking for free, not a bunch of add on crap, etc.