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NS_E_WONT_DO_DIGITAL
Failure boundary and ownership
NS_E_WONT_DO_DIGITAL with value 0xC00D0FB3 records confirming that the selected drive/driver combination will not provide digital CD audio. The producing call and its state are more diagnostic than a later aggregate Player failure.
Underlying mechanism
At the checkpoint, windows Media Player identifies the inserted medium, reads its table of contents, creates a CD reader, and then chooses digital audio extraction or an analog playback path; Ripping adds destination-path creation and an encoder selected from the user’s rip settings. The page-specific boundary is confirming that the selected drive/driver combination will not provide digital CD audio.
Recognition of the drive does not prove that usable audio sectors, a stable digital-read path or a valid rip destination are available. The condition can be reproduced when an older USB optical drive reports no usable digital audio path.
Trace fields worth keeping
| Evidence | Why it matters for wont do digital |
|---|---|
| Producing object and operation | physical drive identifier, media-change generation, disc and track number, table-of-contents result, digital/analog mode, error-correction flag, read speed, rip state, output format and first lower-level drive error |
| Decisive observation | drive capability flags, digital-read probe result, playback mode and analog fallback state |
| Generation identity | Record the same disc, device, job or Player operation generation that returned this result; a reconnect or media change creates a different test. |
| Underlying result | Keep the first device, filesystem, COM, codec, DirectShow, IMAPI or BITS result seen before the Player mapped it to this result. |
| Controlled comparison | Repeat the producing call after changing only this condition: use analog playback or a drive that advertises and performs digital extraction. |
What the comparison proves
| Observation | Interpretation |
|---|---|
| The recorded values match the boundary | The result is consistent with confirming that the selected drive/driver combination will not provide digital CD audio; correct that state before changing unrelated codecs, drivers or playlists. |
| A lower layer failed before this result | Preserve that earlier HRESULT or device result because this result may be only the Player-level mapping. |
| The same call passes after one isolated change | The comparison supports the wont do digital diagnosis rather than a broad installation failure. |
| The code changes after retesting it | The boundary was passed; diagnose the new HRESULT as the next independent stage. |
It scopes the failure to confirming that the selected drive/driver combination will not provide digital CD audio.
Decision path
- Capture
0xC00D0FB3, it, the exact Player/API operation and the first timestamp at which it appears. - Save drive capability flags, digital-read probe result, playback mode and analog fallback state; do this before ejecting media, reconnecting a device, canceling a job or rebuilding the Player object.
- correlate the result with physical drive identifier, media-change generation, disc and track number, table-of-contents result, digital/analog mode, error-correction flag, read speed, rip state, output format and first lower-level drive error.
- Reproduce once with the original source and destination, then apply only this change: use analog playback or a drive that advertises and performs digital extraction.
- Create a fresh operation generation and verify that the original call advances beyond the wont do digital boundary.
Close alternatives
| Related result | Different diagnostic boundary |
|---|---|
NS_E_CD_DRIVER_PROBLEM | using the optical driver’s digital-audio path after media recognition |
NS_E_CORECD_NOTAMEDIACD | classifying the inserted medium as an audio/media CD for the Player object model |
NS_E_CD_REFRESH | serializing table-of-contents refresh while the drive is already being queried |
Safe correction
Correct this boundary by making sure you use analog playback or a drive that advertises and performs digital extraction. Then reacquire the interface or media state that produced it and repeat that call.
When verifying it, do not polish the disc, change the driver, switch read modes and change the rip format in one test; preserve the first failing track and alter one boundary at a time.
Source material
- About CD Ripping.
- Windows Media Player object model.
- IDiscRecorder2::DisableMcn and media-change notification.
- WAVEFORMATEX structure.
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