Hello, I am trying to debug a DTM failure for a capture SysFx. The SysFx works as expected in normal operation and functionally error-free. It is only failing in DTM testing. The DTM log indicates the following, after stripping out the SysFx algorithms and leaving just the SysFx APO framework in place. Task Result Status Process Exit Status Start Time End Time Failed -2147220479 4/6/2009 10:22:27 AM 4/6/2009 10:23:22 AM Pass Fail Not Run Not Applicable 0 1 0 0 # Message Time Source Machine Name 1 4/6/2009 11:22:43 AM Execution Agent TEST_VISTA32 Root Cause The Execute Task with Commandline cmd /c extfxtst.exe -c wdk_extfxtst.pro -l "s98wtt.dll" -h "HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_111D&DEV_76B2&SUBSYS_14C00039&REV_1003\4&22D1CDCC&0&0001" Failed with ExitCode c0000005 (c- The instruction at "0x%08lx" referenced memory at "0x%08lx". The memory could not be "%s".) Resolution No resolution provided. Obviously, this is not very helpful to get to the root cause. However, we have also been running the APO with DebugView and the DebugView log indicates that the ValidateDefaultAPOFormat is returning with a HRESULT S_FALSE (hrInput) on the requested format. An example failure when the DTM test is running is shown below. Here the ValidateDefaultAPOFormat returns 1 (S_FALSE) for a WAVE_FORMAT_PCM requested input format. Currently, we try to accept this format by matching the ppSupportedInputFormat to the pRequestedInputFormat despite the S_FALSE return. This would normally be a floating point interface for the SysFxAPO. This might be causing problems with the message STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION that we see. My question is why does ValidateDefaultAPOFormat fail on this requested format and how should this case be handled. Any input or a pointer to documentation about ValidateDefaultAPOFormat would be much appreciated. Extract from DebugView log: 000002961.84247351[1644] LFX | IsInputFormatSupported() Call 000002971.84253693[1644] LFX | ValidateDefaultAPOFormat hrInput 1 000002981.84258723[1644] LFX | ---------------- REQUESTED FORMAT ---------------- 000002991.84262025[1644] LFX | inFormat.dwSamplesPerFrame: 2 000003001.84267926[1644] LFX | inFormat.dwBytesPerSampleContainer: 4 000003011.84272802[1644] LFX | inFormat.dwValidBitsPerSample: 32 000003021.84278846[1644] LFX | inFormat.fFramesPerSecond: 48000.000000 000003031.84283817[1644] LFX | inFormat.dwChannelMask: 0 000003041.84293592[1644] LFX | FormatTag: 1 000003051.84300983[1644] LFX | ---------------- CaptureWI ---------------- 000003061.84309876[1644] LFX | m_CaptureWI.WF.Format.wFormatTag: 1 000003071.84314847[1644] LFX | m_CaptureWI.WF.Format.nChannels: 2 000003081.84320951[1644] LFX | m_CaptureWI.WF.Format.nSamplesPerSec: 48000 000003091.84325910[1644] LFX | m_CaptureWI.WF.Format.nAvgBytesPerSec: 192000 000003101.84331095[1644] LFX | m_CaptureWI.WF.Format.nBlockAlign: 4 000003111.84336054[1644] LFX | m_CaptureWI.WF.Format.wBitsPerSample: 16 000003121.84341133[1644] LFX | m_CaptureWI.WF.Format.cbSize: 0 000003131.84346080[1644] LFX | m_CaptureWI.WF.Samples.wValidBitsPerSample: 32 000003141.84354424[1644] LFX | m_CaptureWI.WF.dwChannelMask: 3 000003151.84359348[1644] LFX | m_CaptureWI.SamplesPerFrame: 48 Thanks & Best Regards Dibyendu Nandy dnandy@xxxxxxxxx