NAudio - MediaFoundationReader: constructor doesn't take a delivered m4a-URL (from a youtube-Link)

Question

I am trying to play an M4A (MP4 Audio) file directly from the internet using a URL.
I'm using NAudio with the MediaFoundation to achieve this:

using (var reader = new MediaFoundationReader(audioUrl)) //exception
using (var wave = new WaveOutEvent())
{
    wave.Init(reader);
    wave.Play();
}

This works well on two test systems with Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. But on my Windows 7 machine it is not working, I am getting an exception from inside the MediaFoundationReader constructor.
Initially, I was getting an ArgumentOutOfRangeException. I tested playing this m4a file in WMP and it was also unable to play it. I downloaded a codec pack and installed it. That helped with WMP but my code was still throwing an exception, albeit another one:

An unchecked exception of type 'System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException' occurred in NAudio.dll

Additional information: There is more data available. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x800700EA)

Any ideas what could be causing this and how I can fix it?

Answer 1

With some research i identified this

0X800700ea can occur when your Windows operating system becomes corrupted. There can be numerous reason that this error occur including excessive startup entries, registry errors, hardware/RAM decline, fragmented files, unnecessary or redundant program installations and so on.

Can you try you program in another system and verify