What does HRESULT 0xC00D1BDB (NS_E_INVALID_INTERLACEMODE) mean?

 
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NS_E_INVALID_INTERLACEMODE

The failing boundary in the Encoder object model

The useful reading of NS_E_INVALID_INTERLACEMODE (0xC00D1BDB) is not merely the standard message shown above. It locates selected codec does not support the requested interlace-preservation mode inside video stream and audience settings.

The video profile selects a codec and rate-control mode, then supplies bitrate, peak rate, frame rate, frame size, key-frame spacing, quality, buffer and optional interlace or pixel-aspect settings in a session that returns this result. The codec validates both values and combinations.

Evidence that separates this code from a wrapper error

A source preview does not prove that the output profile is accepted; output dimensions and rate-control settings are validated by the selected encoder codec in a session that returns this result. For example, a progressive-only codec is paired with maintain-interlace mode. Preserve the result distinction before a UI layer converts the result into a broad start, capture or profile failure.

FieldWhat to preserve
Decisive valuescodec identity, interlace mode, input field order and frame size
Producing objectaudience index, codec FOURCC/index, VBR mode, width and height, frame rate, average and peak bitrate, buffer values, key-frame interval, quality values, interlace mode and pixel aspect ratio
Session correlationthe same source-group generation, audience index, object identity and callback sequence that produced this result
Lower-level evidencethe first COM, driver, file-system or codec HRESULT observed before the Encoder mapped the condition to this result
Controlled comparisona known-good session that changes only the setting named in the invalid interlacemode boundary

Interpret the next measurement

ObservationHow to interpret it
Observation that supports itThe decisive evidence is codec identity, interlace mode, input field order and frame size. It confirms selected codec does not support the requested interlace-preservation mode in the same object generation.
Observation that points to an earlier failureThe recorded values satisfy the invalid interlacemode rule, but a source, driver, COM activation or file operation returns a different HRESULT first.
Observation that points to a later failureThe Encoder passes this boundary (selected codec does not support the requested interlace-preservation mode), but a codec, archive or broadcast sink then fails in a subsequent stage.
Verification after correctionApply this isolated change: disable interlace preservation or choose a codec/profile that supports it. The original invalid interlacemode call should then advance past the same checkpoint.

The operational impact of it is limited to the video stream and audience settings transition that owns selected codec does not support the requested interlace-preservation mode. In the representative case where a progressive-only codec is paired with maintain-interlace mode, keep the first failing call and its object identity so a later wrapper cannot replace the invalid interlacemode evidence.

Test the condition without rewriting the session

  1. Record 0xC00D1BDB, it, the Encoder version and the exact API call or property access that returned it.
  2. Export the current .wme or .prx configuration, then capture codec identity, interlace mode, input field order and frame size.
  3. verify the video stream and audience settings precondition without changing the source, profile and output sink at the same time.
  4. Run one controlled comparison in which only this condition changes: disable interlace preservation or choose a codec/profile that supports it.
  5. After the change, recreate the affected Encoder object rather than assuming the existing graph discarded its earlier invalid interlacemode state.

Interpret neighboring results carefully

ResultWhy it is a different boundary
NS_E_SAME_AS_INPUT_COMBINATIONaudiences mix same-as-input sizing with explicit width and height in one profile
NS_E_INVALID_PIXEL_ASPECT_RATIOpixel-aspect-ratio numerator or denominator falls outside the Encoder's accepted range
NS_E_INVALID_VIDEO_HEIGHT_ALIGNoutput height violates codec or format alignment

Resolution and verification

The direct repair for this occurrence is to disable interlace preservation or choose a codec/profile that supports it. Recreate the affected source group, profile or output object, repeat the same operation, and confirm that the first failing HRESULT no longer comes from the invalid interlacemode checkpoint.

Do not rely on the UI label alone; record the numeric profile fields and codec identity before changing presets in a session that returns it.

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