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

As WPF mediaelement internally uses windows media player. If you alter the buffer settings of media player from default buffer setting to custom. Open windows media player  Tools  Options  Performance.

When you choose “Buffer” option and set “Seconds of content” to 2. The following registry values will be added under media player. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences UseDefaultBufferTime=0 CustomBufferTime=2000

You can use dotnet registry class to make changes. Refer this link: https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/1b4b8fb9-ff8f-4861-8e99-4a7a4fc75596/setting-windows-media-player-properties-in-wpf?forum=wpf#ac879a7f-37bc-4ccc-854d-ab6e047086e5