Playing Video in WPF

Question

Description :

I have a WPF Project with one Main Window under main window multiple tab item each tab item i binded with user control(Separate xaml)In user control i tried to play one video using MediaElement control...

Project Setup:

Project that target Multiple frameworks like(<TargetFrameworks>net8.0-windows;net48</TargetFrameworks>)

Problem:

In net48 video is playing but with net8.0-windows it throws Uri format error/Uri is empty

Answer 1

Hi, @Prasanth R A. Welcome to Microsoft Q&A

You could refer to my example of successfully playing the video.

1.Create a WPF Application (.Net 8) project.

2.Adding video files and UserControl

3.Configuring Video Files

4.Configure in .csproj file

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">

	<PropertyGroup>
		<OutputType>WinExe</OutputType>
		<TargetFrameworks>net8.0-windows;net48</TargetFrameworks>
		<UseWPF>true</UseWPF>
	</PropertyGroup>

	<PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|AnyCPU'">
		<DefineConstants>DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants>
		<DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
		<DebugType>full</DebugType>
		<Optimize>false</Optimize>
		<OutputPath>bin\Debug\</OutputPath>
	</PropertyGroup>

	<PropertyGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net8.0-windows'">
		<Nullable>enable</Nullable>
		<LangVersion>latest</LangVersion>
	</PropertyGroup>

	<PropertyGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net48'">
		<Nullable>disable</Nullable>
		<LangVersion>7.3</LangVersion>
	</PropertyGroup>

	<ItemGroup>
		<Content Include="media\Test1.mp4">
			<CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
		</Content>
		<Content Include="media\Test2.mp4">
			<CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
		</Content>
	</ItemGroup>
</Project>

5.Writing Code

MainWindow.xaml

    <Grid>
        <TabControl>
            <TabItem Header="Video">
                <local:UserControl1></local:UserControl1>
            </TabItem>
            <TabItem Header="OtherTab"></TabItem>
        </TabControl>
    </Grid>

UserControl1.xaml

    <Grid Loaded="Grid_Loaded">
        <MediaElement x:Name="MyMediaElement"   Width="450" Height="250" />
    </Grid>

UserControl1.xaml.cs

    public partial class UserControl1 : UserControl
    {
        public UserControl1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void Grid_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            #if NET8_0
                MyMediaElement.Source = new Uri("media/Test1.mp4", UriKind.Relative);
                //MyMediaElement.Source = new Uri("The absolute URL of your video", UriKind.Absolute);
                //MyMediaElement.Source = new Uri("The web address of your video");
            #else
                 MyMediaElement.Source = new Uri("media/Test2.mp4",UriKind.Relative);
            #endif
        }
    }

6.Switching Environments

In my test, .NET8, relative address, absolute address, and URL could all be played

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