Authoring DVDs from MKV files

[evoweiss]

Hi,

I've been pulling my hair out in trying to convert and mkv file with subtitles to a DVD that can be played on a home player. To make matters more arcane, the mkv is often in NTSC and I would like to convert them to PAL. I have tried avidemux over the past two days and the results are uniformly poor with lagging audio, crashes, and other problems. I am happy to work on the command line, but have been unable to find reasonable guides. Is there anybody here who can point me to something reasonably clear? I know the thread on the forums and used it in the past, but it is outdated as transcode crashes these days.

Best

Alex