Authoring DVD from basic video sources

[urb1972]

such as .avi, .wmv and .mkv

but to encode them into a DVD VIDEO_TS folder, without losing any quality whatsoever.

Is there a system or way of doing it whereby it's easily done?

I mean easily, as in as simple as ripping and burning a dvd

[edDV]

such as .avi, .wmv and .mkv

but to encode them into a DVD VIDEO_TS folder, without losing any quality whatsoever.

Is there a system or way of doing it whereby it's easily done?

I mean easily, as in as simple as ripping and burning a dvd

First see "What is DVD?" above left.
https://www.videohelp.com/dvd

DVD must be MPeg2 at specific sizes and bitates.

[louv68]

You will lose a little bit of quality with any conversion. If the source file(s) are of high quality, it will hardly be noticeable. FAVC is high on my list. It isn't as easy as a one click solution, but it walks you step-by-step.
Very intuitive and nice results.

This is from the author's homepage.

FAVC is a GUI that enables you to easily make DVDs from video files. It takes one, or more, video files and produces a dvd folder ready to be burned to a dvd disc that should play in any regular dvd player. FAVC uses several pieces of free software to accomplish its task.

Features:
Input video files and obtain a DVD folder ready to be burned to a DVD disc.
Automatic file recognition and analysis.
Automatically assigns correct bitrate based on disc size chosen.
Easy chapter creation.
AC3 Retention.
Uses Muxman (Via BatchMux) for DVD Authoring.
Automated Menu Generation for up to 8 Titles.

Two requirements:
1) Must have Avisynth v2.56a, or later, installed. (2.57 Recommended.)
2) Must have the .NET framework Version 2 installed.

Instructions:
Open FAVC. Choose your video files, configure the options and then click the generate button. Whilst processing, tasks will run on the task bar and can be watched. The main task is video encoding, which is done by QuEnc 0.72 or HC 0.22.0.0. When everything is done you will have a dvd folder in the required directory.

[Bjs]

Lose of quality = always (depends on source as to how much)

Avidemux, is in itself, complete, no need net installed.

I cant say if avidemux handles wmv, but

Wmv > windows movie maker > out as dv avi > convert from here with avidemux

Output as dvd, have not used this feature as yet, but will ge around to it.

Burn output using imgburn

Cost's nothing, but a bit of time

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Well, that will depend on your system ... you have listed a cpu at 400mhz, if true, its going to take a lot longer to complete the tasks involved.