I've made several videos that I want to burn to disc and mail off to friends.

Before I get into it, I know nothing of burning DVDs or what i need to do this, or if my computer's even capable and I need to shell out bucks on some hardware/software/whatnot.

okay, I'm using Ulead Studio 8, made some videos. Went into Share, hit the "Create Disc", went through all the steps til the end. When I hit Output, it tells me that there isn't a DVD writeable disc in the drive or that it is full.

So I can't tell if it's just my computer that can't burn DVDs, or if there's something wrong with Ulead or with the brand of blank DVDs I bought.

Knowing me, it's my computer. In which case, how do I get my computer to the point where it *can* burn DVDs? Do I need a physical writer (internal or external) or is there something as simple as a (expensive, no doubt) software that I can install (I know, I shouldn't be so optimistic)?