VLC.MediaElement for UWP

MediaElement clone with Chromecast support powered by VLC. (Original at here)

It's just a little control, all the hard work is done by kakone and VLC. So, thanks to both of you !

Usage

Requires Windows 10 Anniversary Edition and matching Windows SDK.

If you are going to use this project at your own app you should add privateNetworkClientServer to capabilities into the Package.appxmanifest file.

Add the NuGet package to your project and use it as the classic MediaElement (don't forget the Internet (Client) capability for this sample code) :

xmlns:vlc="using:VLC"

<vlc:MediaElement AreTransportControlsEnabled="True" HardwareAcceleration="True"
                  Source="http://download.blender.org/peach/bigbuckbunny_movies/big_buck_bunny_480p_surround-fix.avi">
    <vlc:MediaElement.TransportControls>
        <vlc:MediaTransportControls ControlPanelOpacity="0.8" />
    </vlc:MediaElement.TransportControls>
</vlc:MediaElement>

How To

• How to play a file using a FileOpenPicker ?

private const string FILE_TOKEN = "{1BBC4B94-BE33-4D79-A0CB-E5C6CDB9D107}"; // GUID in registry format

var fileOpenPicker = new FileOpenPicker();
fileOpenPicker.FileTypeFilter.Add("*");
var file = await fileOpenPicker.PickSingleFileAsync();
if (file != null)
{
    StorageApplicationPermissions.FutureAccessList.AddOrReplace(FILE_TOKEN, file);
    mediaElement.Source = null;
    mediaElement.Source = $"winrt://{FILE_TOKEN}";
}

Added properties

There are some added properties compared to the classic MediaElement :

• RendererFlyout : chromecast devices flyout that is used at the chromecast default button, but you can even use it in your own button and disable the AreTransportControls property.
• DeinterlaceMode : the deinterlace mode (Bob, Mean, Linear, X, Yadif, Yadif2x, ...) - only works if HardwareAcceleration is set to false.
• HardwareAcceleration : a value indicating whether the hardware acceleration must be used or not.
• Options : a dictionary to add some options to the media (see VLC command-line help). This property must be defined before setting the source.

On VLC.MediaTransportControls :

• AutoHide : indicates whether the media transport controls must be hidden automatically or not.
• AvailableDeinterlaceModes : the deinterlace modes to show in the deinterlace menu.
• Content : you can add some content over the video.
• CursorAutoHide : indicates whether the mouse cursor must be hidden automatically or not.
• IsDeinterlaceModeButtonEnabled : indicates whether the user can choose a deinterlace mode.
• IsDeinterlaceModeButtonVisible : indicates whether the deinterlace mode button must be shown or not.

Download

No nuget package available yet, you need to download from here and add to your project manually.