Stop (MediaElement)
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Stops and resets media to be played from the beginning.
object.Stop()
Remarks
This method will stop media playback if the media is playing. If the media is paused, the seek point is reset to the beginning of the media. This method has no effect if the media is already stopped.
Example
The following example shows how to use the Play, Pause, and Stop methods to control playback of a MediaElement object.
<Canvas
xmlns="https://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="https://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Width="300" Height="300">
<MediaElement x:Name="media" Source="xbox.wmv" Width="300" Height="300"
CurrentStateChanged="media_state_changed" />
<!-- Stops media playback.-->
<Canvas MouseLeftButtonDown="media_stop"
Canvas.Left="10" Canvas.Top="265">
<Rectangle Stroke="Black"
Height="30" Width="55" RadiusX="5" RadiusY="5">
<Rectangle.Fill>
<RadialGradientBrush GradientOrigin="0.75,0.25">
<GradientStop Color="Orange" Offset="0.0" />
<GradientStop Color="Red" Offset="1.0" />
</RadialGradientBrush>
</Rectangle.Fill>
</Rectangle>
<TextBlock Canvas.Left="5" Canvas.Top="5">stop</TextBlock>
</Canvas>
<!-- Pauses media playback. -->
<Canvas MouseLeftButtonDown="media_pause"
Canvas.Left="70" Canvas.Top="265">
<Rectangle Stroke="Black"
Height="30" Width="55" RadiusX="5" RadiusY="5">
<Rectangle.Fill>
<RadialGradientBrush GradientOrigin="0.75,0.25">
<GradientStop Color="Yellow" Offset="0.0" />
<GradientStop Color="Orange" Offset="1.0" />
</RadialGradientBrush>
</Rectangle.Fill>
</Rectangle>
<TextBlock Canvas.Left="5" Canvas.Top="5">pause</TextBlock>
</Canvas>
<!-- Begins media playback. -->
<Canvas MouseLeftButtonDown="media_begin"
Canvas.Left="130" Canvas.Top="265">
<Rectangle Stroke="Black" RadiusX="5" RadiusY="5"
Height="30" Width="55">
<Rectangle.Fill>
<RadialGradientBrush GradientOrigin="0.75,0.25">
<GradientStop Color="LimeGreen" Offset="0.0" />
<GradientStop Color="Green" Offset="1.0" />
</RadialGradientBrush>
</Rectangle.Fill>
</Rectangle>
<TextBlock Canvas.Left="5" Canvas.Top="5">play</TextBlock>
</Canvas>
</Canvas>
function media_stop(sender, args) {
sender.findName("media").stop();
}
function media_pause(sender, args) {
sender.findName("media").pause();
}
function media_begin(sender, args) {
sender.findName("media").play();
}