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winformsmovie
JD.
JD.

Reputation: 191

How do I play movies in a C# WinForm application

I am trying to play a movie (wmv,avi,mpg,etc.) in a winforms application. I would like the user to be able to start, stop and pause.

I'm not looking for a full answer ... I just need pointed in the right direction. I've already did some searching on google but could not find anything useful. I can continue searching but I know the stackoverflow community rocks.

So, please point me in the right direction!

Thanks.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 25248

Answers (5)

JoelHess
JoelHess

Reputation: 1207

It depends on how complicated you want to get, but I've had luck implementing DirectShow before. It's definitely more complicated than a drop on control, but it's really flexible for different formats and loading codecs.

Upvotes: 0

Glenn
Glenn

Reputation: 1167

Another alternative is to use the VLC library instead of Windows Media Player. The VLC Forums have a number of wrappers that can be used in C#.

I have not done a comparison of VLC versus Windows Media Player, but it is alot less resource intensive then the WPF media elements.

If I remember correctly VLC also has built in support for alot of video formats, potentially making it a better choice I guess.

Upvotes: 1

Bob Nadler
Bob Nadler

Reputation: 2765

One possibility is to use the Forms.WebBrowser class. This will give you an embedded web browser so you can install what ever player and plugins you need.

Upvotes: 0

SLaks
SLaks

Reputation: 887225

You could use Windows Media Player ActiveX control.

You could also embed a WPF control that contains a MediaElement control.

Upvotes: 1

spender
spender

Reputation: 120380

I think this is probably the path of least resistance:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb383953.aspx

Upvotes: 5

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