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NS_E_IMAGE_DOWNLOAD_FAILED
Practical scope of NS_E_IMAGE_DOWNLOAD_FAILED
This HRESULT is produced at downloading or committing an image resource used by the Player or content service. This result belongs to background download jobs and Windows Media packages, not to an undifferentiated “Windows Media problem.”
Pipeline position
The Player’s download manager coordinates an owner window, a plug-in, background job identity, temporary files and final completion or cancellation. A downloaded .wmd package adds an extraction and cataloguing phase after transfer.
Receiving all network bytes is not the same as completing the job, moving the temporary file or successfully unpacking and cataloguing a Windows Media Download package. In a typical failing run, album art transfer completes incompletely or cannot be committed to the cache.
Reproduction record
| Evidence | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| Producing object and operation | job GUID and Player signature, BITS/job state, expected and actual file count, remote and local names, temporary path, completion/cancel request, plug-in and callback identity, COM apartment, WMD extraction result and first underlying HRESULT |
| Key observation | image URL, HTTP/job status, local cache path, content type and decoder probe |
| Controlled comparison | Repeat the producing call after changing only this condition: retry the specific image with a valid URL and writable cache, preserving the network result. |
Verification procedure
- Capture
0xC00D128E, the exact Player/API operation and the first timestamp at which it appears. - Save image URL, HTTP/job status, local cache path, content type and decoder probe; do this before ejecting media, reconnecting a device, canceling a job or rebuilding the Player object.
- Correlate the result with job GUID and Player signature, BITS/job state, expected and actual file count, remote and local names, temporary path, completion/cancel request, plug-in and callback identity, COM apartment, WMD extraction result and first underlying HRESULT.
- Reproduce once with the original source and destination, then apply only this change: retry the specific image with a valid URL and writable cache, preserving the network result.
- Start a fresh operation and verify that the original call advances without returning
NS_E_IMAGE_DOWNLOAD_FAILED.
Results that may look similar
| Related result | Different condition |
|---|---|
NS_E_BKGDOWNLOAD_INVALID_FILE_NAME | deriving a valid final filename for the requested download |
NS_E_INTERFACE_NOT_REGISTERED_IN_GIT | retrieving a COM interface from the Global Interface Table in another apartment |
NS_E_BKGDOWNLOAD_FAILEDINITIALIZE | starting the overall background-download manager and job database |
Change the smallest responsible condition
The targeted action is to retry the specific image with a valid URL and writable cache, preserving the network result. While retesting it, keep unrelated media, device, playlist and network values unchanged.
References
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