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NS_E_WMP_FAILED_TO_RIP_TRACK
Practical scope of NS_E_WMP_FAILED_TO_RIP_TRACK
This HRESULT is produced at processing a specific CD track through read, encode and file-write stages. This result belongs to audio-cd discovery, digital reading and ripping, not to an undifferentiated “Windows Media problem.”
Pipeline position
At the checkpoint, windows Media Player identifies the inserted medium, reads its table of contents, creates a CD reader, and then chooses digital audio extraction or an analog playback path; Ripping adds destination-path creation and an encoder selected from the user’s rip settings. The page-specific boundary is processing a specific CD track through read, encode and file-write stages.
Recognition of the drive does not prove that usable audio sectors, a stable digital-read path or a valid rip destination are available. In a typical failing run, all other tracks rip successfully while one damaged track fails.
Reproduction record
| Evidence | Why it matters for failed to rip track |
|---|---|
| Producing object and operation | physical drive identifier, media-change generation, disc and track number, table-of-contents result, digital/analog mode, error-correction flag, read speed, rip state, output format and first lower-level drive error |
| Decisive observation | track number, source sector interval, output file, encoder result and first read/write error |
| Generation identity | Record the same disc, device, job or Player operation generation that returned this result; a reconnect or media change creates a different test. |
| Underlying result | Keep the first device, filesystem, COM, codec, DirectShow, IMAPI or BITS result seen before the Player mapped it to this result. |
| Controlled comparison | Repeat the producing call after changing only this condition: repeat the same track after correcting the identified read, codec or destination boundary. |
Reading the evidence
| Observation | Interpretation |
|---|---|
| The recorded values match the boundary | The result is consistent with processing a specific CD track through read, encode and file-write stages; correct that state before changing unrelated codecs, drivers or playlists. |
| A lower layer failed before this result | Preserve that earlier HRESULT or device result because it may be only the Player-level mapping. |
| The same call passes after one isolated change | The comparison supports the failed to rip track diagnosis rather than a broad installation failure. |
| The code changes after retesting it | The boundary was passed; diagnose the new HRESULT as the next independent stage. |
It scopes the failure to processing a specific CD track through read, encode and file-write stages.
Verification procedure
- Capture
0xC00D10D3, it, the exact Player/API operation and the first timestamp at which it appears. - Save track number, source sector interval, output file, encoder result and first read/write error; do this before ejecting media, reconnecting a device, canceling a job or rebuilding the Player object.
- correlate the result with physical drive identifier, media-change generation, disc and track number, table-of-contents result, digital/analog mode, error-correction flag, read speed, rip state, output format and first lower-level drive error.
- Reproduce once with the original source and destination, then apply only this change: repeat the same track after correcting the identified read, codec or destination boundary.
- Create a fresh operation generation and verify that the original call advances beyond the failed to rip track boundary.
Results that may look similar
| Related result | Different diagnostic boundary |
|---|---|
NS_E_WMP_RIP_FAILED | finalizing an overall rip session after one or more track operations failed |
NS_E_UNABLE_TO_CREATE_RIP_LOCATION | creating or resolving the destination used for newly ripped tracks |
NS_E_MEDIACD_READ_ERROR | reading CD media during playback after the disc was classified successfully |
Change the smallest responsible condition
The targeted action is to repeat the same track after correcting the identified read, codec or destination boundary. While retesting it, keep unrelated media, device, playlist and network values unchanged.
When verifying it, do not polish the disc, change the driver, switch read modes and change the rip format in one test; preserve the first failing track and alter one boundary at a time.
References
- About CD Ripping.
- Windows Media Player object model.
- IDiscRecorder2::DisableMcn and media-change notification.
- WAVEFORMATEX structure.
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