Microsoft KB Archive/887163

= You may receive an error message when you change the screen orientation while video is playing in the Windows Media Player 9 Series =

Article ID: 887163

Article Last Modified on 10/30/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows Media Player 9 Series

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SYMPTOMS
Some video cards can rotate or flip the screen orientation. However, when you try to change the Microsoft Windows Media Player 9 Series screen orientation while video is playing, you may receive one of the following error messages if your computer is running Microsoft Windows 2000:

Error message 1

Overlay not present

Error message 2

The graph could not change state. No combination of intermediate filters could be found to make the connection. (Return code: 0x80040217)

Error message 3

Windows Media Player cannot play the file. The file is either corrupt or the Player does not support the format you are trying to play. (0xC00D1199)

This problem does not occur with the Windows Media Player 9 Series on Microsoft Windows XP.



CAUSE
The version of the video renderer that is included with Windows 2000 does not have the overlay surface management that the version of the video renderer that is included with Windows XP has. When the orientation is flipped or rotated, and the video card driver cannot flip the view internally, the video driver may lose the overlay surface.



STATUS
This behavior is by design.

Additional query words: filter graph overlay rotate flip

Keywords: kbprb KB887163

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