Burning DVDs for the first time, need help

Right, I'm not going to pretend I know anything about this.

I'm trying to burn some mpegs onto a set of maxell DVD+Rs. last program I tried, cdburnerXP pro 3, didn't recognize the discs.

So I'm going to start over. What program should I get (preferably free, but even a short trial will do.) that can burn a few short mpeg clips onto my stupid discs?

try getting some individual DVD-Rs to tet those, or just a better brand (TDK, Imation)