What does HRESULT 0xC00D1167 (NS_E_DVD_MACROVISION) mean?

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Windows Media Player cannot play this DVD because it is not possible to turn on analog copy protection on the output display. Try installing an updated driver for your video card.%0

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NS_E_DVD_MACROVISION

Failure boundary and ownership

NS_E_DVD_MACROVISION with value 0xC00D1167 records enabling required analog copy protection on the selected display output. The producing call and its state are more diagnostic than a later aggregate Player failure.

Underlying mechanism

At the checkpoint, dVD playback is built around the DirectShow DVD Navigator, which parses DVD-Video navigation data and exposes separate video, audio and subpicture outputs; Decoder availability, title-domain state, region policy, parental level and copy-protection negotiation are independent checkpoints. The page-specific boundary is enabling required analog copy protection on the selected display output.

Successful reading of files from the DVD volume does not prove that the navigation program, decoder graph or protected output path can be used. The condition can be reproduced when the driver exposes analog output but rejects the requested protection level.

Trace fields worth keeping

Evidence	Why it matters for macrovision
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
Decisive observation	analog output type, Macrovision request/result, graphics driver and renderer
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: use a driver and output path that supports the required analog protection.

What the comparison proves

Observation	Interpretation
The recorded values match the boundary	The result is consistent with enabling required analog copy protection on the selected display output; 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 this result may be only the Player-level mapping.
The same call passes after one isolated change	The comparison supports the macrovision 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 enabling required analog copy protection on the selected display output.

Decision path

Capture 0xC00D1167, it, the exact Player/API operation and the first timestamp at which it appears.
Save analog output type, Macrovision request/result, graphics driver and renderer; 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 driver and output path that supports the required analog protection.
Create a fresh operation generation and verify that the original call advances beyond the macrovision boundary.

Close alternatives

Related result	Different diagnostic boundary
`NS_E_DVD_COMPATIBLE_VIDEO_CARD`	building a DVD renderer path supported by the active graphics adapter
`NS_E_DVD_SYSTEM_DECODER_REGION`	checking consistency between the system/drive region and installed decoder region
`NS_E_DVD_DISC_DECODER_REGION`	checking the disc region against the decoder’s permitted region

Safe correction

Correct this boundary by making sure you use a driver and output path that supports the required analog protection. Then reacquire the interface or media state that produced it and repeat that call.

When verifying it, do not bypass region or copy-protection checks; Diagnose the supported playback path by preserving the exact disc, drive, decoder and display connection involved.

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