Question

I try to set video source in XAML code, video doesn’t play:

<MediaElement x:Name='bgvideo' Width='800' Height='600'Source='/Videos/BG_LOOP_BIG.wmv' /> 

So I try to set video source in codebehind, that doesn’t play too. :

bgvideo.Source = new Uri(@'pack://application:,,,/Videos/BG_LOOP_BIG.wmv', UriKind.Absolute); 

or

bgvideo.Source = new Uri(@'/Videos/BG_LOOP_BIG.wmv'); 

It just play when video source is absoulte:

bgvideo.Source = new Uri(@'C:\SomeFolder\Videos\BG_LOOP_BIG.wmv'); 

How can I set video source with relative source?

Answer 1

This works for me. Add LoadedBehavior=’Manual’

<MediaElement LoadedBehavior='Manual' x:Name='bgvideo' Width='800' Height='600' Source='Videos/BG_LOOP_BIG.wmv' /> 

Then in the code behind you need to play the media

bgvideo.Play() 

You also need to lose the first ‘/’ in the uri.

hth