Playing Media Content

To play media content from your application, you can display the native media player in Windows Phone 7 by using the MediaPlayerLauncher task. Table 21.3 shows the common properties available.

Table 21.3 Common MediaPlayerLauncher Properties

Listing 21.9 shows how to use the MediaPlayerLauncher to play content that is embedded in the application itself.

Listing 21.9 The MediaPlayerLauncher

---

MediaPlayerLauncher mediaPlayerLauncher = new MediaPlayerLauncher();
mediaPlayerLauncher.Media = new Uri("Wildlife.wmv", UriKind.Relative);
mediaPlayerLauncher.Location = MediaLocationType.Install;
mediaPlayerLauncher.Controls = MediaPlaybackControls.Pause | MediaPlaybackControls.Stop | MediaPlaybackControls.Rewind;
mediaPlayerLauncher.Show();