MCE won't burn DVD from recorded TV

Using MCE 2005 on XP (SP 3). Always used to be able to burn DVDs from
recorded TV via InterVideo WinDVD. But that stopped working. So I tried the
"Create CD/DVD" program in MCE. About 30% of the way into the burn I get an
error message, "Create Failure. An error has occured in creating the
CD/DVD", and the DVD ejects and the burn process ends.

Microsoft has a hotfix for this error (Microsoft Support Article ID: 894553)
if the error happens at 0% - 5% of the burn (but I get beyond 5% to about
30%).

Questions: 1) Any suggestions / fixes concering WinDVD or the MCE error? 2)
Should I try the Hotfix or is that playing with fire?

By default Windows Media Center 2005 uses Sonic encoder.

As you are using InterVideo WinDVD so You should update InterVideo WinDVD.
Make sure there is no insufficient or highly fragmented free disk space as
they can contribute to DVD writing errors.

Sometimes the recorded file may be causing the problem, converting it to
another format can allow it to be written.

Yes, you may try the hotfix ;ref:-

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/894553/en-us

regards,
S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]








"Marksfather" <> wrote in message
news:B842CF1A-25C6-4C8E-A160-...
> Using MCE 2005 on XP (SP 3). Always used to be able to burn DVDs from
> recorded TV via InterVideo WinDVD. But that stopped working. So I tried
> the
> "Create CD/DVD" program in MCE. About 30% of the way into the burn I get
> an
> error message, "Create Failure. An error has occured in creating the
> CD/DVD", and the DVD ejects and the burn process ends.
>
> Microsoft has a hotfix for this error (Microsoft Support Article ID:
> 894553)
> if the error happens at 0% - 5% of the burn (but I get beyond 5% to about
> 30%).
>
> Questions: 1) Any suggestions / fixes concering WinDVD or the MCE error?
> 2)
> Should I try the Hotfix or is that playing with fire?
>
> __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus
> signature database 4626 (20091120) __________
>
> The message was checked by ESET Smart Security.
>
> http://www.eset.com
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>
>

__________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4628 (20091122) __________

The message was checked by ESET Smart Security.

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I tried running the hotfix but it failed because:

[KB894553.log]
1.203:
================================================== ==============================
1.203: 2009/11/30 21:17:45.390 (local)
1.203: c:\2b3dcf917ef0dcd64440956c\update\update.exe (version 5.6.1002.0)
1.250: Service Pack started with following command line:
1.390: Return Value From IsMediaCenterPC = 1
1.390: IsMediaCenterPC returned value( 0x1 ) which is Equal To 0x1
1.390: Condition succeeded for section PreReq.SingleOp.MediaCenter in Line 1
of PreRequisite
1.390: SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Media Center\Ident is Not
Equal To Specified Value
1.390: Condition Check for Line 2 of PreRequisite returned FALSE
1.390: ReadStringFromInf: SetupGetLineText failed: 0xe0000102
1.390: KB894553 Setup encountered an error: Setup cannot continue because
one or more pre-requisites required to install KB894553 failed. For More
details check the Log File C:\WINDOWS\KB894553.log
1.406: ReadStringFromInf: SetupGetLineText failed: 0xe0000102
1.406: Setup cannot continue because one or more pre-requisites required to
install KB894553 failed. For More details check the Log File
C:\WINDOWS\KB894553.log
54.344: Message displayed to the user: Setup cannot continue because one or
more pre-requisites required to install KB894553 failed. For More details
check the Log File C:\WINDOWS\KB894553.log
54.344: User Input: OK
54.344: Update.exe extended error code = 0xf0f4
54.344: Update.exe return code was masked to 0x643 for MSI custom action
compliance.

Any idea what is going on here?

"S.Sengupta" wrote:

> By default Windows Media Center 2005 uses Sonic encoder.
>
> As you are using InterVideo WinDVD so You should update InterVideo WinDVD.
> Make sure there is no insufficient or highly fragmented free disk space as
> they can contribute to DVD writing errors.
>
> Sometimes the recorded file may be causing the problem, converting it to
> another format can allow it to be written.
>
> Yes, you may try the hotfix ;ref:-
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/894553/en-us
>
> regards,
> S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> "Marksfather" <> wrote in message
> news:B842CF1A-25C6-4C8E-A160-...
> > Using MCE 2005 on XP (SP 3). Always used to be able to burn DVDs from
> > recorded TV via InterVideo WinDVD. But that stopped working. So I tried
> > the
> > "Create CD/DVD" program in MCE. About 30% of the way into the burn I get
> > an
> > error message, "Create Failure. An error has occured in creating the
> > CD/DVD", and the DVD ejects and the burn process ends.
> >
> > Microsoft has a hotfix for this error (Microsoft Support Article ID:
> > 894553)
> > if the error happens at 0% - 5% of the burn (but I get beyond 5% to about
> > 30%).
> >
> > Questions: 1) Any suggestions / fixes concering WinDVD or the MCE error?
> > 2)
> > Should I try the Hotfix or is that playing with fire?
> >
> > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus
> > signature database 4626 (20091120) __________
> >
> > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security.
> >
> > http://www.eset.com
> >
> >
> >
>
> __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4628 (20091122) __________
>
> The message was checked by ESET Smart Security.
>
> http://www.eset.com
>
>
>
> .
>