On a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows XP with Windows Media Player 11, an application that uses the Windows Media Video (WMV) codec cannot play back content that is encoded in the Multiple Bit Rate (MBR) format.

This issue occurs if the content has protection from the Windows Media Digital Rights Management (WMDRM) and is encoded in the Multiple Bit Rate (MBR) format. When the MBR content is played back, only the sound is played. However, no image is displayed.

Note: This issue also occurs in Windows Server 2008.

On a computer that is running Microsoft Windows Media Player 11, consider the following scenario:

• You play a media file that is encoded with GSM codec in Windows Media Player 11.
• You click the Play button on the Windows Media Player control panel.
• The media file starts playing and the seek slider in the seek-bar starts moving.

In this scenario, after the seek slider starts moving, the seek slider jumps to the beginning of the seek-bar and sticks.

For example, a voice message is attached to an e-mail. You open the e-mail, and then click the Play button on the Windows Media Player control panel. The seek slider sticks at the beginning of the seek-bar on the Windows Media Player control panel.

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0xC00D0BC3: An unexpected error occurred with the audio codec.

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