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NS_E_DVD_DISC_COPY_PROTECT_OUTPUT_FAILED
Where this result occurs in the Player workflow
NS_E_DVD_DISC_COPY_PROTECT_OUTPUT_FAILED (0xC00D1161) marks enforcing the disc’s analog/component-output resolution restriction. For NS_E_DVD_DISC_COPY_PROTECT_OUTPUT_FAILED, preserve that boundary even when the visible Player message is broader than the producing operation.
Mechanism
At the NS_E_DVD_DISC_COPY_PROTECT_OUTPUT_FAILED checkpoint, dVD playback is built around the DirectShow DVD Navigator, which parses DVD-Video navigation data and exposes separate video, audio and subpicture outputs; Decoder availability, title-domain state, region policy, parental level and copy-protection negotiation are independent checkpoints. The page-specific boundary is enforcing the disc’s analog/component-output resolution restriction.
For NS_E_DVD_DISC_COPY_PROTECT_OUTPUT_FAILED, successful reading of files from the DVD volume does not prove that the navigation program, decoder graph or protected output path can be used. A representative way to reach this result is that component output is active above the resolution permitted by the DVD policy.
State snapshot
| Evidence | Why it matters for disc copy protect output failed |
|---|---|
| Producing object and operation | disc path and media generation, DVD domain, title/chapter, region values for disc/drive/decoder, selected audio/video/subpicture streams, decoder CLSIDs, renderer and display mode, protection negotiation result and first DirectShow HRESULT |
| Decisive observation | output connector type, requested resolution, protection flags and display mode |
| Generation identity | Record the same disc, device, job or Player operation generation that returned NS_E_DVD_DISC_COPY_PROTECT_OUTPUT_FAILED; 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 NS_E_DVD_DISC_COPY_PROTECT_OUTPUT_FAILED. |
| Controlled comparison | Repeat the producing call after changing only this condition: select an allowed connector or resolution without bypassing the disc policy. |
How to interpret the next test
| Observation | Interpretation |
|---|---|
| The recorded values match the boundary | The result is consistent with enforcing the disc’s analog/component-output resolution restriction; correct that state before changing unrelated codecs, drivers or playlists. |
A lower layer failed before NS_E_DVD_DISC_COPY_PROTECT_OUTPUT_FAILED | Preserve that earlier HRESULT or device result because NS_E_DVD_DISC_COPY_PROTECT_OUTPUT_FAILED may be only the Player-level mapping. |
| The same call passes after one isolated change | The comparison supports the disc copy protect output failed diagnosis rather than a broad installation failure. |
The code changes after retesting NS_E_DVD_DISC_COPY_PROTECT_OUTPUT_FAILED | The NS_E_DVD_DISC_COPY_PROTECT_OUTPUT_FAILED boundary was passed; diagnose the new HRESULT as the next independent stage. |
NS_E_DVD_DISC_COPY_PROTECT_OUTPUT_FAILED scopes the failure to enforcing the disc’s analog/component-output resolution restriction. The presence of NS_E_DVD_DISC_COPY_PROTECT_OUTPUT_FAILED does not establish a system-wide media failure; verify its owning operation before changing unrelated Player components.
Controlled diagnostic sequence
- Capture
0xC00D1161,NS_E_DVD_DISC_COPY_PROTECT_OUTPUT_FAILED, the exact Player/API operation and the first timestamp at which it appears. - Save output connector type, requested resolution, protection flags and display mode; do this before ejecting media, reconnecting a device, canceling a job or rebuilding the Player object.
- For
NS_E_DVD_DISC_COPY_PROTECT_OUTPUT_FAILED, correlate the result with disc path and media generation, DVD domain, title/chapter, region values for disc/drive/decoder, selected audio/video/subpicture streams, decoder CLSIDs, renderer and display mode, protection negotiation result and first DirectShow HRESULT. - Reproduce once with the original source and destination, then apply only this change: select an allowed connector or resolution without bypassing the disc policy.
- Create a fresh operation generation and verify that the original call advances beyond the disc copy protect output failed boundary.
Nearby codes with different owners
| Related result | Different diagnostic boundary |
|---|---|
NS_E_DVD_DISC_COPY_PROTECT_OUTPUT_NS | establishing a protected video output path accepted by the DVD playback graph |
NS_E_DVD_NO_SUBPICTURE_STREAM | connecting the DVD subpicture stream used for subtitles and menu highlights |
NS_E_DVD_COPY_PROTECT | completing DVD drive, navigator, decoder and renderer protection negotiation |
Focused correction
For this occurrence, select an allowed connector or resolution without bypassing the disc policy. Recreate only the object that produced NS_E_DVD_DISC_COPY_PROTECT_OUTPUT_FAILED and repeat the original operation against the same controlled input.
When verifying NS_E_DVD_DISC_COPY_PROTECT_OUTPUT_FAILED, do not bypass region or copy-protection checks; Diagnose the supported playback path by preserving the exact disc, drive, decoder and display connection involved.
Technical references for NS_E_DVD_DISC_COPY_PROTECT_OUTPUT_FAILED
- DVD decoder support in Windows.
- DirectShow filters and DVD Navigator.
- DirectShow DVD error and success codes.
- IDvdControl2 interface.
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