Yes, we are having the same problems. It is very frusterating that we spend
all this money and it doesn't work at all the way Windows XP did. If we had
known buying a new notebook meant learning a completely new system we
would've gone with Macs!

"zachd [MSFT]" wrote:

>
> 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. =)
>
> --
> Speaking for myself only.
> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
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> "Ken" <Ken@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:04788656-B167-4B31-B2F8-4C40CC809E97@microsoft.com...
> > 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?
>
>
>