Ah - that was the question I was just about to ask.

What codec do the source files in question use?
Under Windows Media Player's Help:about:Technical Support Information menu
dialog, what data does it give you? That should probably indirectly
identify the problematic codec here. =)

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"Ken" <Ken@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> This is now starting to look like a codec issue. This error happens when
> I
> try to burn .avi files but everything seems to work OK for recorded TV,
> .mpg
> and .wmv files.
>
> Did you intall any codecs?
>
> Does anyone know how to get the original codecs back in place?
>
>
>
> "jbullington" wrote:
>
>> Same problem just happen recently anyone find an answer please let me
>> know,
>> was it a recent microsoft patch that screwed it up?
>>
>> "Ken" wrote:
>>
>> > I used to be able to burn video DVDs from Media Center but now I can't.
>> > I
>> > can still burn data DVDs but every time I try to burn one in video
>> > format I
>> > get the 'Burn Failure' message as well as a popup in Vista telling me
>> > that
>> > SBEServer was stopped by DEP.
>> >
>> > Since this used to work, I guessing that some setting or component was
>> > changed but I don't know what it was. Is there a way to remove and
>> > reinstall
>> > the DVD burning components of Vista Media Center?