What does HRESULT 0xC00D116B (NS_E_DVD_NO_AUDIO_STREAM) mean?

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Windows Media Player cannot play DVD audio. Verify that your sound card is set up correctly, and then try again.%0

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NS_E_DVD_NO_VIDEO_STREAM	NS_E_DVD_GRAPH_BUILDING

NS_E_DVD_NO_AUDIO_STREAM

Where this result occurs in the Player workflow

NS_E_DVD_NO_AUDIO_STREAM (0xC00D116B) marks finding and connecting an enabled DVD audio stream. Keep this HRESULT attached to the producing operation even when the Player shows a broader message.

Mechanism

Successful reading of files from the DVD volume does not prove that the navigation program, decoder graph or protected output path can be used. A representative way to reach this result is that the current title has no enabled audio stream compatible with the graph.

State snapshot

Evidence	Why it matters for no audio stream
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	available audio streams, selected language/format, audio decoder and renderer state
Controlled comparison	Repeat the producing call after changing only this condition: select an existing audio stream and working decoder/output device.

Controlled diagnostic sequence

Capture 0xC00D116B, the exact Player/API operation and the first timestamp at which it appears.
Save available audio streams, selected language/format, audio decoder and renderer state; 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: select an existing audio stream and working decoder/output device.

Nearby codes with different owners

Related result	Different condition
`NS_E_DVD_GRAPH_BUILDING`	issuing a DVD operation before the playback graph has completed construction
`NS_E_DVD_NO_VIDEO_STREAM`	finding and connecting a playable video stream from the DVD Navigator
`NS_E_DVD_DISC_DECODER_REGION`	checking the disc region against the decoder’s permitted region

Focused correction

For this occurrence, select an existing audio stream and working decoder/output device. Recreate only the object that produced it and repeat the original operation against the same controlled input.

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.

Audio-stream evidence is independent of DVD video

A DVD title can expose a valid video pin while the selected audio stream is absent, disabled or unusable by the current graph. Record the number of audio streams reported for the active title, the selected stream index, language code, coding mode and whether the navigator enabled that stream. Then record the decoder input subtype and the renderer endpoint. This separates a navigation-selection problem from an audio-decoder or output-device problem.

Observation	Audio-specific conclusion
The title reports no audio streams	The disc/navigation structure is the first boundary; installing another video decoder cannot create an authored audio stream.
An audio stream exists but its decoder pin will not connect	Compare the stream coding mode with the installed audio decoder’s accepted media types.
The decoder connects but the renderer does not	Inspect the selected audio endpoint and negotiated PCM format rather than DVD title selection.

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