Using MediaElement to play video from Stream

Question

Is it possible to use the WPF MediaElement to play streaming video from a System.IO.Stream object? The Stream object is being retrieved from a WCF service that stores the me

Answer 1

It might be too late, hopefully this might help if you're still looking for an answer.

Yes you can play video from Memory stream using WPF media element.

I have used a third party component called boxed app, A million thanks to BoxedApp - http://www.boxedapp.com/boxedappsdk/

I have to update the code a tiny bit to make it work for byte[]. Copy the below constructor to CustomFileStream class from BoxedApp

public CustomFileStream(byte[] data)
{
    _Stream = new MemoryStream(data);
    _Length = _Stream.Length;
    _data = data;
    _Offset = 0;
}

Create a wpf application and add a media element and a button and copy the below code

public MainWindow()
{
    BoxedAppSDK.NativeMethods.BoxedAppSDK_Init();

    InitializeComponent();
}

private void button2_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    var MyFileStream = new CustomFileStream(File.ReadAllBytes(@"wildlife.wmv"));

    IntPtr ptr = BoxedAppSDK.NativeMethods.BoxedAppSDK_CreateVirtualFileBasedOnIStream(
            @"1.wmv",
            BoxedAppSDK.NativeMethods.EFileAccess.GenericWrite,
            BoxedAppSDK.NativeMethods.EFileShare.Read,
            IntPtr.Zero,
            BoxedAppSDK.NativeMethods.ECreationDisposition.New,
            BoxedAppSDK.NativeMethods.EFileAttributes.Normal,
            IntPtr.Zero,
            MyFileStream);

    using (new SafeFileHandle(ptr, true))
    {
        mediaElement1.Source = new Uri(Path.GetFullPath("1.wmv"));
        mediaElement1.LoadedBehavior = MediaState.Manual;
        mediaElement1.Play();
    }
}

- for boxed app please follow the samples and that's it.. you're in a happy world...

It's the same thing for QT Player as well.

Based on the response I'll add a complete example if the information provided isn't enough.

Happy coding....