NS_E_WMP_DRM_LICENSE_CONTENT_REVOKED: meaning and diagnosis

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The content provider has revoked the media usage rights for this file. If you obtained this file from an online store, ask the store if a new version of the file is available.%0

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NS_E_WMP_DRM_LICENSE_CONTENT_REVOKED

Start with the producing object

NS_E_WMP_DRM_LICENSE_CONTENT_REVOKED means the issuer has revoked authorization for the protected content or license. The subsystem producing this result is Windows Media Player rights processing, not the media decoder; it performs the Player layer that opens protected media, queries the local license state, performs silent or interactive rights acquisition, validates DRM components and applies play, burn or sync restrictions.

Start by preserving the revocation result and content identity; do not interpret it as local-store damage.

Relevant runtime state

A complete incident ties together content KID and header, license-store entry, requested action, acquisition URL, user/store context, secure clock and DRM component generation; the minimum correlation set is the content KID, requested action, license-state query, acquisition callback sequence, server response category and the first lower-level DRM HRESULT.

The scope stays narrow: the issuer has revoked authorization for the protected content or license. Other content or actions may still be valid.

One-variable comparison

A useful failure model links cause and recovery: the issuer has revoked authorization for the protected content or license. Verify that model when you preserve the revocation result and content identity; do not interpret it as local-store damage, then make the smallest change needed to obtain a replacement version or new rights only through the content provider. Record the first lower-layer status beside this result because wrapper HRESULTs can otherwise conceal the producing component.

Trace requirements

Field	Value
Policy input	requested action plus the exact license, certificate, profile, output or registration property evaluated by this result
Direct check	preserve the revocation result and content identity; do not interpret it as local-store damage

What another code would mean

Result	Why it points elsewhere
`NS_E_WMP_DRM_LICENSE_NOTENABLED`	the license exists but its start condition has not yet become true
`NS_E_WMP_DRM_LICENSE_UNUSABLE`	a located license cannot be applied to this content/action despite being present
`NS_E_WMP_DRM_LICENSE_NOSAP`	the Player environment cannot provide the Secure Audio Path required by the license

Do not diagnose the wrong layer

The issuer has revoked authorization for the protected content or license.

Practical diagnostic path

Preserve it and 0xC00D1207 before cleanup, fallback or another media item changes the context.
Associate this result with the current Windows Media Player rights-processing object and the requested action.
Run the direct check: preserve the revocation result and content identity; do not interpret it as local-store damage.
Compare the failure with a known-good case that changes only the property named by this condition: the issuer has revoked authorization for the protected content or license.
Apply the targeted fix: obtain a replacement version or new rights only through the content provider.

What success looks like

The appropriate response is to obtain a replacement version or new rights only through the content provider.

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