What does HRESULT 0xC00D2907 (NS_E_ANALOG_VIDEO_PROTECTION_LEVEL_UNSUPPORTED) mean?

NS_E_ANALOG_VIDEO_PROTECTION_LEVEL_UNSUPPORTED

Failure scope

For NS_E_ANALOG_VIDEO_PROTECTION_LEVEL_UNSUPPORTED, the failed contract is that the analog video output cannot apply the policy required by the license. Within Windows Media DRM output protection, NS_E_ANALOG_VIDEO_PROTECTION_LEVEL_UNSUPPORTED is raised while processing license-policy evaluation that compares the content owner’s required output protection level or scheme with the active audio/video output path.

Before changing the machine, record analog connector type and available analog protection mechanism. The standard AllStat text is already shown above; this custom section concentrates on the object state and the evidence needed to separate NS_E_ANALOG_VIDEO_PROTECTION_LEVEL_UNSUPPORTED from neighboring Windows Media errors.

Data worth retaining

NS_E_ANALOG_VIDEO_PROTECTION_LEVEL_UNSUPPORTED is meaningful only while the following state remains associated with one operation: license OPL fields, play or copy action, output connector type, compressed/uncompressed state, driver-reported protection capability and selected rendering path. Preserve the requested action, required OPL values, active connector, negotiated protection mechanism and whether the stream is compressed at that boundary for NS_E_ANALOG_VIDEO_PROTECTION_LEVEL_UNSUPPORTED.

A later generic error must not replace this evidence: the original condition remains that the analog video output cannot apply the policy required by the license.

The transition to retest

When documenting NS_E_ANALOG_VIDEO_PROTECTION_LEVEL_UNSUPPORTED, state the rejected input and the expected successor state. The rejected input is demonstrated when you record analog connector type and available analog protection mechanism; the successor becomes reachable after you disable that output or use a permitted protected digital path. Record the first lower-layer status beside NS_E_ANALOG_VIDEO_PROTECTION_LEVEL_UNSUPPORTED because wrapper HRESULTs can otherwise conceal the producing component.

Verification inputs

Test without erasing evidence

1. Preserve NS_E_ANALOG_VIDEO_PROTECTION_LEVEL_UNSUPPORTED and 0xC00D2907 before cleanup, fallback or another media item changes the context.
2. Run the direct check for NS_E_ANALOG_VIDEO_PROTECTION_LEVEL_UNSUPPORTED: record analog connector type and available analog protection mechanism.
3. Compare the failure with a known-good case that changes only the property named by this condition: the analog video output cannot apply the policy required by the license.
4. Apply the narrow correction for NS_E_ANALOG_VIDEO_PROTECTION_LEVEL_UNSUPPORTED: disable that output or use a permitted protected digital path.
5. Associate NS_E_ANALOG_VIDEO_PROTECTION_LEVEL_UNSUPPORTED with its current Windows Media DRM output protection object and the requested action.
6. Repeat the same action with the same content/device identity and verify that NS_E_ANALOG_VIDEO_PROTECTION_LEVEL_UNSUPPORTED is not replaced by another policy or trust failure.

Separate cause from wrapper

For NS_E_ANALOG_VIDEO_PROTECTION_LEVEL_UNSUPPORTED, the established fact is that the analog video output cannot apply the policy required by the license. For NS_E_ANALOG_VIDEO_PROTECTION_LEVEL_UNSUPPORTED, that fact does not independently establish damaged media bytes, a missing decoder, a generally broken network, or invalid rights for every other action.

If the Player, encoder, setup program or device layer later emits a broader error, retain NS_E_ANALOG_VIDEO_PROTECTION_LEVEL_UNSUPPORTED as the first specific result. The object and operation attached to NS_E_ANALOG_VIDEO_PROTECTION_LEVEL_UNSUPPORTED are usually more diagnostic than a later cleanup or user-interface summary.

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When a retry is valid

Recovery should change the failed precondition by choosing to disable that output or use a permitted protected digital path. For NS_E_ANALOG_VIDEO_PROTECTION_LEVEL_UNSUPPORTED, success means that the same requested action is accepted after that precise state change, not merely that another file or device happens to work.

• A broad reset is not the first step for NS_E_ANALOG_VIDEO_PROTECTION_LEVEL_UNSUPPORTED; Do not treat every output-protection result as a missing codec; the decoder can be present while the connector or driver cannot enforce the license policy.
• Do not alter trusted time, revocation enforcement, certificate validation or output policy merely to suppress NS_E_ANALOG_VIDEO_PROTECTION_LEVEL_UNSUPPORTED; that bypasses the decision instead of correcting its input.
• Retain one failing artifact and one corrected artifact so the resolution of NS_E_ANALOG_VIDEO_PROTECTION_LEVEL_UNSUPPORTED can be regression-tested.

Final verification

For the final NS_E_ANALOG_VIDEO_PROTECTION_LEVEL_UNSUPPORTED test, keep the content KID or file hash, requested action, user/account, device identity and output route unchanged wherever they apply. The NS_E_ANALOG_VIDEO_PROTECTION_LEVEL_UNSUPPORTED case is resolved only when the operation completes without this HRESULT and without a substitute failure from a neighboring license, trust, session or policy check.

Technical references for NS_E_ANALOG_VIDEO_PROTECTION_LEVEL_UNSUPPORTED

• Output protection levels — documents the protocol or API boundary behind NS_E_ANALOG_VIDEO_PROTECTION_LEVEL_UNSUPPORTED.
• Working with output protection levels — provides the normative workflow relevant to NS_E_ANALOG_VIDEO_PROTECTION_LEVEL_UNSUPPORTED.
• WMDRM output-protection structures — lists the security and state transitions used to interpret NS_E_ANALOG_VIDEO_PROTECTION_LEVEL_UNSUPPORTED.
• DRM actions and rights — defines the platform objects used when diagnosing NS_E_ANALOG_VIDEO_PROTECTION_LEVEL_UNSUPPORTED.

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