I can't burn DVD with movie maker window

I use windows vista, and until very recently, I had no problem with windows movie maker.  But during the past year, whenever I try to burn a dvd, it burns at about 40 percent or more and then all of a sudden, it will say 'cannot complete the dvd, 'unknown error'.  Are there any suggestions as to why this might be happening?

Hello whalelover,.

You can try the problems Troubleshooting Microsoft listed here for problems with burning CD/DVDs .
There is an automatic FIXIT who will scan your computer and fix problems that he sees.

If this does not help, it may be a problem of encoding and you don't have the correct Codec to hole in Movie Maker.

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/publish-a-movie-in-Windows-Movie-Maker

Please answer back with an update.

Sincerely,

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