if you have a look at a commercially produced DVD you will see that the DVD logo includes the words Video, Audio, or Rom. this tells you the format of the disc's content. (the same applies to CD - though i'm not sure about Video, they probably have their own logo called VCD).
Don't ask why but the V in DVD stood for Video to begin with. This has caused all sorts of confusion in their short sightedness. the V in DVD shouldn't read as Video because the content of the Disc can be anything - like a DVD Rom. (i think they now say that V stands for Versatile, i guess i could just as easily stand for Very, Vague, Voluptuous, Vixen, or even Violin, Viola, or Victory - it really doesn't stand for anything anymore IMHO).
so burn your DVDs however you like. If you make a DVD Rom then you can only read it in your computer, if you make it a DVD-A (audio) then you can play it (the audio) in you DVD player or fancy hi-end audio device. if it's a DVD Video then it's going to play in you DVD player, or the software player on your PC - i use the Asus DVD Player.
if you want your MP3's to play in your car then stick to CD Rom - unless you've got an in-car DVD player.
To cover all basses you could even make a mixed CD Audio and CD Rom disc, so you can have both MP3's and conventional CD tracks on the same disc!
In short think of DVD or CD as the disc type - which determine the type of drive/player required to read it, and Video, Audio and Rom, as the format of the content.
hope this all helps.
cheers.
p.j.
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