Mkv and dvd

[Homeless Joe]

i use vlc to play .mkv files. honestly i'm pretty new to this stuff and have just recently been getting into it. i like to put fansubs i get onto dvds to watch on my tv, give to friends, or for storage if i'm running out of space. most of the time the fansubs i get are already in avi format, but just recently i got two i really want to put on dvd to watch on my tv that are in .mkv format. i've tried to use nero to burn them but it seems it doesn't support that file type, are you saying that a direct show filter might be able to fix that problem? if not i guess i'll have to look into mkvtoolnix.