How do I backup MPEG-4 files on DVD without rendering?

[sentence]

I shot a lot of video using a Flip camcorder for a movie I'm making. I want to store the MPEG-4 files on DVDs just in case I get a computer crash. I can burn the files to a DVD using Roxio, but doesn't that render the file, to where if I retrieved that file to work on it I'd lose some quality?

Is there some way to simply transfer MPEG-4 files to DVD without altering them in any way? To where they could be copied back from the DVD to my hard drive without any loss of quality? Like I can do with .doc or .jpg files?

I am a real newbie to this. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

[guns1inger]

If you burn the files as DATA then there will be no re-encoding. Personally, I would suggest Imgburn for most of your burning needs. Lighter and far smarter than Roxio/Nero et al.

However if you burn as data the files will not be playable in a standard DVD player.

[sentence]

Thanks for such a quick response! But copying as a data file I would be able to use the files on my computer, or another computer? I just couldn't play them in a DVD player?

Again, thanks so much!

[guns1inger]

Copy as data and they are just like any other file on your computer