I have a DVD disk burned with various vcd, dat, rtf and other files in
respect of a camcorder home movie given to me by a friend. It plays well in Windows Media Player but only because the disk is in the drive and WMP
handles everything.

I need somehow to put these files together in a single mpeg or avi file
conversion for uploading to my web site so that it can be downloaded or even video streamed.

What software can accomplish this please and how do I go about it?

FYI, I am a novice, (not in PC's generally but certainly in Multimedia
operations such as this). I am running Windows XP Home.

Many thanks, Greg