Cannot Import Windows Media Player 7 or 7.1 Playlists to Windows Media Player for Windows XP (309319)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows Media Player for Windows XP Home Edition
Microsoft Windows Media Player for Windows XP Professional

This article was previously published under Q309319

SYMPTOMS

When you try to import a playlist from Windows Media Player version 7 or 7.1, you may receive the following error message:

Windows Media Player cannot play the selected playlist. The format of the playlist is either invalid or is not recognized.

Error# C00D119D

After you receive this error message, the media may not be playable from the playlist.

CAUSE

This problem can occur if the media references in the playlist have quotation marks in the metadata. For example, this problem can occur if the title of a track was:

The Windows Sound "Radio Edit" Version

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, open the ASX playlist in Notepad and remove the extra quotation marks from the appropriate parameter values, or re-create the play list in Windows Media Player for Windows XP.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about the structure of an ASX playlist, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

247355 Contents of an .asx File

Modification Type:	Major	Last Reviewed:	10/31/2003
Keywords:	kbenv kberrmsg kbprb KB309319