How to: Play or Stream a Video File for Windows Phone

You can play media files on a Windows Phone using the MediaPlayerLauncher, or for a more customized experience, you can use the MediaElement API

Playing a video file using the MediaElement API
Before using the MediaElement API, learn about differences between the desktop version here: Media for Silverlight for Windows Phone.

To play a local video file using the MediaElement API

1. Open a new or existing solution in Visual Studio.
2. Right-click the name of your project in the Solution Explorer, click Add, and then click Existing Item.
3. Navigate to an existing video file and add it as Build Action type Content, in the Properties window.

• The video must be encoded with a codec listed in Supported Media Codecs for Windows Phone.
1. In the ContentGrid section of the .xaml code, add the following line:

<MediaElement Source="test.wmv" AutoPlay="True"/>


Replace test.wmv with the name of your video file.

To play a remote video file using the MediaElement API

Read more: MSDN

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