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NS_E_WMP_AUDIO_DEVICE_LOST
Diagnosing NS_E_WMP_AUDIO_DEVICE_LOST in the Windows Media Player playback path
NS_E_WMP_AUDIO_DEVICE_LOST (0xC00D11E5) is returned when an audio endpoint used by the running graph was removed, disabled or reconfigured.
Correlate the failure with the same endpoint ID and device-generation event. Re-enumerating the endpoint after removal is a new playback generation and should not be used to reinterpret the original loss as a codec failure.
Controlled playback comparison
- Freeze the current object state and collect device instance ID, endpoint state notifications, default-device change, format change, driver reset and graph timestamp.
- Reproduce this result once without automatic retries or fallback applications.
- Change only one precondition: select a stable endpoint, rebuild the renderer branch and replay the same item.
- Compare the first nested status and next Player event with the failed run.
- After testing it, restore the original configuration if the change was diagnostic only.
Actions that obscure the cause
- retrying on the stale device handle without rebuilding the renderer.
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