Play

Managed Equivalent

Play

Remarks

This method will begin the media if it is not currently active (for example, if the media was loaded without autoplay), or will resume media if it is paused. This method has no effect if the media is currently running.

Example

The following example shows how to use the Play, Pause, and Stop methods to control the playback of a MediaElement.

<Canvas 
  xmlns="https://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
  xmlns:x="https://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
  Width="300" Height="300">

  <MediaElement x:Name="media" Source="xbox.wmv" Width="300" Height="300"
    CurrentStateChanged="media_state_changed" />

  <!-- Stops media playback.--> 
  <Canvas MouseLeftButtonDown="media_stop" 
    Canvas.Left="10" Canvas.Top="265">
    <Rectangle Stroke="Black" 
      Height="30" Width="55" RadiusX="5" RadiusY="5">
      <Rectangle.Fill>
        <RadialGradientBrush GradientOrigin="0.75,0.25">
          <GradientStop Color="Orange" Offset="0.0" />
          <GradientStop Color="Red" Offset="1.0" /> 
        </RadialGradientBrush>
      </Rectangle.Fill> 
    </Rectangle>
    <TextBlock Canvas.Left="5" Canvas.Top="5">stop</TextBlock> 
  </Canvas>

  <!-- Pauses media playback. -->
  <Canvas MouseLeftButtonDown="media_pause" 
    Canvas.Left="70" Canvas.Top="265">
    <Rectangle Stroke="Black" 
      Height="30" Width="55" RadiusX="5" RadiusY="5">
      <Rectangle.Fill>
        <RadialGradientBrush GradientOrigin="0.75,0.25">
          <GradientStop Color="Yellow" Offset="0.0" />
          <GradientStop Color="Orange" Offset="1.0" /> 
        </RadialGradientBrush>
      </Rectangle.Fill> 
    </Rectangle>
    <TextBlock Canvas.Left="5" Canvas.Top="5">pause</TextBlock> 
  </Canvas>

  <!-- Begins media playback. -->
  <Canvas MouseLeftButtonDown="media_begin" 
    Canvas.Left="130" Canvas.Top="265">
    <Rectangle Stroke="Black" RadiusX="5" RadiusY="5"
      Height="30" Width="55">
      <Rectangle.Fill>
        <RadialGradientBrush GradientOrigin="0.75,0.25">
          <GradientStop Color="LimeGreen" Offset="0.0" />
          <GradientStop Color="Green" Offset="1.0" /> 
        </RadialGradientBrush>
      </Rectangle.Fill>
    </Rectangle>
    <TextBlock Canvas.Left="5" Canvas.Top="5">play</TextBlock> 
  </Canvas>
</Canvas>

function media_stop(sender, args) {

    sender.findName("media").stop();
}

function media_pause(sender, args) {

    sender.findName("media").pause();
}

function media_begin(sender, args) {

    sender.findName("media").play();
}

Applies To

MediaElement

See Also

Reference