HRESULT 0xC00D36C9 (MF_E_NO_SAMPLE_DURATION): meaning and diagnosis

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The media sample has no duration required by the receiving component.

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MF_E_NO_SAMPLE_TIMESTAMP	MF_E_INVALID_STREAM_DATA

MF_E_NO_SAMPLE_DURATION

MF_E_NO_SAMPLE_DURATION means that an IMFSample does not describe how long it represents. A duration is different from a timestamp: one gives the start time, the other gives the length.

Calculate it from the media format

Call IMFSample::SetSampleDuration before passing samples to a component that needs durations.
For fixed-rate PCM audio, calculate duration from the number of samples per channel and the sample rate.
For video or variable-rate media, derive duration from the source timing rather than assuming a constant frame interval.

Microsoft documents this status for the AAC encoder when an input sample has no duration.

Microsoft: AAC encoder · Microsoft: IMFSample::GetSampleTime

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