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NS_E_PLUGIN_ERROR_REPORTED
Where the condition occurs
This result (0xC00D157D) marks the plug-in logged its own detailed failure and returned the sentinel that prevents duplicate generic logging. The most useful interpretation starts with the Windows Media Services object that returned the HRESULT.
Windows Media Services selects plug-ins by class, registration, enabled state and advertised format or protocol; the server may successfully load one plug-in class while failing to find the data source, parser or script engine required by a particular request. In the trace, record the selected plug-in CLSID, class, load type, enabled state and custom error event. When diagnosing this result, plug-in discovery and plug-in execution fail differently.
Code-specific failure anatomy
A representative occurrence is when the plug-in logged its own detailed failure and returned the sentinel that prevents duplicate generic logging. Capture plug-in name/CLSID, event-log entry, troubleshooting detail, operation context and original internal HRESULT together with the object instance and the exact administrative or protocol request.
For a useful negative control, follow the plug-in-authored event and reproduce under that plug-in; preserve its detailed message as the root cause.
The tempting but misleading response is treating the sentinel text as the only diagnosis. That action does not test the distinction that matters here: critical error is a server/point state; plugin error reported is a handoff to details already emitted by the plug-in.
Build a reproducible incident record
| Controlled comparison | Use a known-good object of the same type and vary only the precondition described as “the plug-in logged its own detailed failure and returned the sentinel that prevents duplicate generic logging”. |
Smallest useful experiment
- Capture
0xC00D157D, the symbolic name, the exact API/administrative action and the first failure timestamp. - Preserve plug-in name/CLSID, event-log entry, troubleshooting detail, operation context and original internal HRESULT.
Related codes are different
Primary distinction: critical error is a server/point state; plugin error reported is a handoff to details already emitted by the plug-in.
| Nearby result | Different condition |
|---|---|
NS_E_SOURCE_PLUGIN_NOT_FOUND | no enabled data source advertises support for the requested URL prefix or source. |
NS_E_NO_SCRIPT_ENGINE | a script-backed playlist or plug-in has no compatible script engine available. |
NS_E_PLAYLIST_PLUGIN_NOT_FOUND | no enabled playlist parser accepts the downloaded or opened playlist format. |
Changes that do not establish the cause
- treating the sentinel text as the only diagnosis.
Technical references
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