Starting with Windows 10, version 1607, it is recommended that you use the MediaPlayer class to play media items. Once the video is loaded in the MediaPlayerElement, the user can simply press the casting button on the transport controls to launch a built-in dialog that allows them to choose a device to which the loaded media will be cast. MediaPlayerElement.Source = MediaSource.CreateFromStorageFile(file) If we got a file, load it into the media lement StorageFile file = await filePicker.PickSingleFileAsync() Set picker start location to the video libraryįilePicker.SuggestedStartLocation = PickerLocationId.VideosLibrary private async void openButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)įileOpenPicker filePicker = new FileOpenPicker() Finally, create a new MediaSource object from the selected file by calling CreateFromStorageFile and assign it to the MediaPlayerElement object's Source property to make the video file the video source for the control. Call the file's OpenAsync method to get an IRandomAccessStream for the file. Check to make sure the file isn't null, which it will be if the user cancels the picking operation. When this method returns, the result is a StorageFile object representing the video file. In the Click event handler for the button, create a new instance of the FileOpenPicker, add video file types to the FileTypeFilter collection, and set the starting location to the user's videos library.Ĭall PickSingleFileAsync to launch the file picker dialog. Īdd a button to let the user initiate picking a file.

In your app's XAML file, add a MediaPlayerElement and set AreTransportControlsEnabled to true. To allow the user to open a video file to be played in the MediaPlayerElement control, add the following namespaces to your project. The simplest way to cast media from a Universal Windows app is to use the built-in casting capability of the MediaPlayerElement control. Built-in media casting with MediaPlayerElement This article shows you how to cast media to remote devices from a Universal Windows app.

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