What does HRESULT 0xC00D1164 (NS_E_DVD_AUTHORING_PROBLEM) mean?

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Windows Media Player cannot play the DVD. The disc was created in a manner that the Player does not support.%0

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NS_E_DVD_AUTHORING_PROBLEM

Practical scope of `NS_E_DVD_AUTHORING_PROBLEM`

This HRESULT is produced at parsing DVD-Video navigation structures that violate the supported format. This result belongs to dvd navigator, decoder graph and protection policy, not to an undifferentiated “Windows Media problem.”

Pipeline position

Successful reading of files from the DVD volume does not prove that the navigation program, decoder graph or protected output path can be used. In a typical failing run, the UDF files are readable but navigation commands reference inconsistent structures.

Reproduction record

Evidence	Why it matters for authoring problem
Producing object and operation	disc path and media generation, DVD domain, title/chapter, region values for disc/drive/decoder, selected audio/video/subpicture streams, decoder CLSIDs, renderer and display mode, protection negotiation result and first DirectShow HRESULT
Key observation	disc path, failing domain/PGC, navigator event and parser HRESULT
Controlled comparison	Repeat the producing call after changing only this condition: use a correctly authored disc or re-author the source within DVD-Video rules.

Verification procedure

Capture 0xC00D1164, the exact Player/API operation and the first timestamp at which it appears.
Save disc path, failing domain/PGC, navigator event and parser HRESULT; do this before ejecting media, reconnecting a device, canceling a job or rebuilding the Player object.
Correlate the result with disc path and media generation, DVD domain, title/chapter, region values for disc/drive/decoder, selected audio/video/subpicture streams, decoder CLSIDs, renderer and display mode, protection negotiation result and first DirectShow HRESULT.
Reproduce once with the original source and destination, then apply only this change: use a correctly authored disc or re-author the source within DVD-Video rules.

Results that may look similar

Related result	Different condition
`NS_E_DVD_COPY_PROTECT`	completing DVD drive, navigator, decoder and renderer protection negotiation
`NS_E_DVD_INVALID_DISC_REGION`	comparing the DVD-Video disc region mask with the playback environment
`NS_E_DVD_COMPATIBLE_VIDEO_CARD`	building a DVD renderer path supported by the active graphics adapter

Change the smallest responsible condition

The targeted action is to use a correctly authored disc or re-author the source within DVD-Video rules. While retesting it, keep unrelated media, device, playlist and network values unchanged.

During verification, do not bypass region or copy-protection checks; diagnose the supported playback path by preserving the exact disc, drive, decoder and display connection involved.

Discriminating evidence: Save the failing DVD domain, program-chain or navigation command and the parser position that rejects it. A readable disc can still be authored incorrectly; region compatibility, parental policy and video-card capability should be checked separately from navigation-structure validity.

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