MediaElement.Pause Method
[ This article is for Windows Phone 8 developers. If you’re developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation. ]
Pauses media at the current position.
Assembly: System.Windows (in System.Windows.dll)
This method pauses the media if the media is currently running. The Play method can be used to resume.
CanPause returns false for any case where the MediaElement has loaded live streaming media. Calling Pause on a MediaElement that has opened and is playing streaming content does not throw an error. Instead the method call is ignored.
You can interactively control media playback by using the Play, Pause, and Stop methods of a MediaElement object. The following example defines a MediaElement object and several buttons for controlling media playback.
<Grid> <Grid.ColumnDefinitions> <ColumnDefinition Width="*" /> <ColumnDefinition Width="*" /> <ColumnDefinition Width="*"/> </Grid.ColumnDefinitions> <Grid.RowDefinitions> <RowDefinition Height="*" /> <RowDefinition Height="Auto" /> </Grid.RowDefinitions> <MediaElement x:Name="media" Source="xbox.wmv" Width="300" Height="300" Grid.Column="0" Grid.Row="0" Grid.ColumnSpan="3" /> <!-- Stops media playback.--> <Button Click="StopMedia" Grid.Column="0" Grid.Row="1" Content="Stop" /> <!-- Pauses media playback. --> <Button Click="PauseMedia" Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="1" Content="Pause" /> <!-- Begins media playback. --> <Button Click="PlayMedia" Grid.Column="2" Grid.Row="1" Content="Play" /> </Grid>
The accompanying code creates several event handlers and uses the Stop, Pause, and Play methods to control the MediaElement.