What does HRESULT 0xC00D273A (NS_E_DRM_QUERY_ERROR) mean?

 
Previous Next
NS_E_DRM_GET_LICENSE_ERROR NS_E_DRM_REPORT_ERROR

NS_E_DRM_QUERY_ERROR

The exact DRM condition

NS_E_DRM_QUERY_ERROR is Windows Media DRM HRESULT 0xC00D273A. It identifies a DRM status, right or property query failed before returning a definitive answer. The useful scope is the application-facing layer that initializes DRM support, validates parameters and properties, creates specialized objects, and delivers asynchronous status to the caller; it is not a generic statement that the media player, network or file system failed, while tracing query error.

The surrounding protocol and store state

Evidence worth preserving

Capture the first occurrence before automatic retry, player teardown, store repair or license reacquisition changes the state, for this query error result. The smallest useful record contains:

  • Code-specific proof: record interface, query identifier, object state and buffer contract, when reproducing query error.
  • Protected identity: property name, type, size and initialization order, within the query error workflow.
  • Operation state: operation state, callback sequence and cancellation owner, in the query error path.
  • Persistence or transport: first inner HRESULT before an application replaces it with a generic error, while tracing query error.
  • Security context: exact interface method and object type being created, for the query error boundary.
  • Correlation point: SDK/runtime version and linked DRM stub library, during query error diagnosis.

Related codes and the diagnostic split

ResultDifferent boundary
NS_E_DRM_REPORT_ERRORThe application cannot submit or process a DRM status/report operation, for this query error result.
NS_E_DRM_MONITOR_ERRORMonitoring of an asynchronous DRM operation cannot be started or maintained, when reproducing query error.
NS_E_DRM_UNABLE_TO_SET_PARAMETERA parameter cannot be accepted in the current DRM object or operation state, within the query error workflow.

Diagnostic sequence

  1. Preserve this result, the calling interface and the first lower-level status before a wrapper replaces it, while tracing query error.

Correcting the producing condition

Actions that do not prove a fix

Regression check

Code-specific operational note

Technical references


Looking for a different code? Search another status or error code.