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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. Keep this HRESULT attached to the producing operation even when the Player shows a broader message.
Mechanism
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.
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 |
| Key observation | raw ISRC text, track number, character count and source of the metadata |
| Controlled comparison | Repeat the producing call after changing only this condition: discard or correct the malformed ISRC without altering the audio samples. |
Controlled diagnostic sequence
- Capture
0xC00D11FB, 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.
- Reproduce once with the original source and destination, then apply only this change: discard or correct the malformed ISRC without altering the audio samples.
Nearby codes with different owners
| Related result | Different condition |
|---|---|
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.
During verification, 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 change one variable 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.
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