hi m8.
i have panasonic LF-D310 and its great as for soft ware to make dvd-r that work on a standard dvd player its not a straight foward prosess.
go to
www.vcdhelp.com and take a look at the aurthoring tutorial . its very easy to follow and has links to all the software u need.
i use dvd decoder or smartripper to burn the dvd to a harddrive
dvd to avi
tmpge 4 coding and demuxing
spruceup for the aurthoring of a dvd-r
and nero 4 burning.
this all sounds very confusing i now but u will get the hang of it.
remember you can only make backups of your own dvd's and must not use them for profit making .