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NS_E_CD_ISRC_INVALID
Where this result occurs in the Player workflow
NS_E_CD_ISRC_INVALID (0xC00D11FB) marks validating the International Standard Recording Code associated with a track. Preserve that boundary even when the visible Player message is broader than the producing operation.
Mechanism
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 validating the International Standard Recording Code associated with a track.
Recognition of the drive does not prove that usable audio sectors, a stable digital-read path or a valid rip destination are available. A representative way to reach this result is that disc or provider metadata supplies an ISRC with an invalid length or character set.
State snapshot
| Evidence | Why it matters for isrc invalid |
|---|---|
| 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 | raw ISRC text, track number, character count and source of the metadata |
| 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: discard or correct the malformed ISRC without altering the audio samples. |
How to interpret the next test
| Observation | Interpretation |
|---|---|
| The recorded values match the boundary | The result is consistent with validating the International Standard Recording Code associated with a track; 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 isrc invalid 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 validating the International Standard Recording Code associated with a track.
Controlled diagnostic sequence
- Capture
0xC00D11FB, it, the exact Player/API operation and the first timestamp at which it appears. - Save raw ISRC text, track number, character count and source of the metadata; 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: discard or correct the malformed ISRC without altering the audio samples.
- Create a fresh operation generation and verify that the original call advances beyond the isrc invalid boundary.
Nearby codes with different owners
| Related result | Different diagnostic boundary |
|---|---|
NS_E_CD_MEDIA_CATALOG_NUMBER_INVALID | validating the disc-level Media Catalog Number |
NS_E_CD_NO_READER | creating the Player’s CD reader/filter for the selected drive |
NS_E_CD_EMPTY_TRACK_QUEUE | starting playback or extraction without a queued CD track |
Focused correction
For this occurrence, discard or correct the malformed ISRC without altering the audio samples. Recreate only the object that produced it and repeat the original operation against the same controlled input.
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.
ISRC is track metadata, not an audio-sector checksum
An invalid ISRC does not establish that the PCM samples are corrupt. Preserve the track number and raw identifier exactly as supplied, then test reading the same audio without importing the malformed identifier. This separates metadata validation from sector-read and encoder failures.
Technical references
- About CD Ripping.
- Windows Media Player object model.
- IDiscRecorder2::DisableMcn and media-change notification.
- WAVEFORMATEX structure.
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