fyi everyone: I had the exact same error message (E0FF000C) with Cyberlink PowerProducer and it was fixed by the following:

1. Using LiveUpdate (www.drvupdate.com) to flash the drive.
2. Upgrading to DirectX 9c.

This is on a Dell Inspiron machine, Windows Server 2003, all the latest patches applied, etc.

After the changes, no error, and it burnt the DVD correctly. Unfortunately I now have a different problem which is that the playback of the video is really really jerky .. unwatchable. Hopefully it's not the DVD, but this is all new to me, so not sure!