Comments on: My Ensy Weensy Little Problem with Trying to Use MCE for Making DVDs

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 09:55:00 +0000

HeHe you have 3 MCE PC’s? That’s funny because when you buy 3 or more licenses of MCE then you get the Video burning included for free. If you have less than that you MUST download the Sonic Encoders

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 09:40:00 +0000

I don’t mean to sound like a jerk, but I have 3 hp MCE PC’s, yes three. On all of them including the upgraded one I have no issues burning to DVD. Maybe you aren’t that technically inclined but I think even a mac user could figure this out.

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 09 May 2005 17:45:00 +0000

The missing component Matt is referring to is ‘sonicencoders.msi’. This is an optional component that is installed on retail Media Center machines, and should have been provided on an upgrade by HP. Without it you will be unable to create Video DVD or DVD Slideshows in Media Center, and will only see the option to create a data dvd. The quality of the source recorded-tv file makes no difference. Any quality file will burn.

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 07 Feb 2005 13:11:00 +0000

So I was incorrect about not having the ‘sonic codecs’ installed. The problem is you need a MCE friendly MPEG encoder. Once you have one of those installed you will be able to burn more than just data DVDs.

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 07 Feb 2005 11:40:00 +0000

The problem is that you do not have the correct Sonic codecs installed. You can and should be able to burn more than just a data DVD through Media Center but it requires that the latest MCE 2005 compliant Sonic codecs. These should have been provided by HP as part of your upgrade.