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0xC00D119A: Cannot play the file

Windows Media Player cannot play the file. You may encounter this error message for one of the following reasons:

To allow codecs to be downloaded to your computer

  1. In Control Panel, click Internet Options.
  2. Click the Security tab, and then click Internet.
  3. In the Security level for this zone area, click Default Level.

    The security level is set to Medium.

For more information about setting Internet security levels, see Windows Help.

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Supported file types

The following table lists the file types (formats) supported by Windows Media Player.

File type (format) File name extension
Music CD Playback (CD audio) .cda
Audio Interchange File Format (AIFF) .aif, .aifc, and .aiff
Windows Media audio and video files .asf, .asx, .wax, .wm, .wma, .wmd, .wmp, .wmv, .wmx, .wpl, and .wvx
Windows audio and video files .avi and .wav
Windows Media Player skins .wmz
Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) .mpeg, .mpg, .m1v, .mp2, .mpa, .mpe, .mp2v*, and .mpv2
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) .mid, .midi, and .rmi
AU (UNIX) .au and .snd
MP3 .mp3 and .m3u
DVD video .vob
Macromedia Flash .swf

*To play .mp2v files, you must have a software or hardware DVD decoder installed on your computer.

If the file type you are trying to play is included in this table, then the file may have been encoded by using a codec that is not supported by Windows Media Player. If this is the case, Windows Media Player cannot play the file.

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Error ID = 0xC00D119A, Condition ID = 0x00000000

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