How do I determine if MediaElement is playing?

Question

Seems simple enough, but I cannot figure out any way to determine what the state of a MediaElement is. There are various properties for some states (such as IsBuffering) but

Answer 1

And based on Rich S an extension can be implement

//don't forget
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Reflection;


 public static class Util
    {
     public static MediaState GetMediaState(this MediaElement myMedia)
        {
            FieldInfo hlp = typeof(MediaElement).GetField("_helper", BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance);
            object helperObject = hlp.GetValue(myMedia);
            FieldInfo stateField = helperObject.GetType().GetField("_currentState", BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance);
            MediaState state = (MediaState)stateField.GetValue(helperObject);
            return state;
        }
    }