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Asked: 2026-05-18T08:54:36+00:00

Seems simple enough, but I cannot figure out any way to determine what the

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Seems simple enough, but I cannot figure out any way to determine what the state of a MediaElement is. There are various properties for some states (such as IsBuffering) but I can’t find any for states such as Play, Pause, etc. Silverlight seems to have a CurrentState property that shows all these.

Currently the way I’m determining whether a video is supposed to be playing is watching for various events and a timer that checks to see if any progress is being made.

I’m new to MediaElement and WPF (I’m actually only using MediaElement in a WinForms app). Is there something I am missing?

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  1. Editorial Team

    You aren’t missing anything. You pretty much have to manually keep track of whether or not the media is playing. It’s a pity, since it is so easy in Silverlight, as you mention. Seems like a major oversight to me.

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