MediaElement clone powered by VLC.

It's just a little control, all the hard work is done by VLC. So, thanks to the VLC team !

Requires Windows 10 Anniversary Edition and matching Windows SDK.

Add the NuGet package to your project and use it as the classic MediaElement (don't forget the Internet (Client) capability for this sample code) :

xmlns:vlc="using:VLC"

<vlc:MediaElement AreTransportControlsEnabled="True" HardwareAcceleration="True"
                  Source="http://download.blender.org/peach/bigbuckbunny_movies/big_buck_bunny_480p_surround-fix.avi">
    <vlc:MediaElement.TransportControls>
        <vlc:MediaTransportControls ControlPanelOpacity="0.8" />
    </vlc:MediaElement.TransportControls>
</vlc:MediaElement>

• How to play a file using a FileOpenPicker ?

private const string FILE_TOKEN = "{1BBC4B94-BE33-4D79-A0CB-E5C6CDB9D107}"; // GUID in registry format

var fileOpenPicker = new FileOpenPicker();
fileOpenPicker.FileTypeFilter.Add("*");
var file = await fileOpenPicker.PickSingleFileAsync();
if (file != null)
{
    StorageApplicationPermissions.FutureAccessList.AddOrReplace(FILE_TOKEN, file);
    mediaElement.Source = null;
    mediaElement.Source = $"winrt://{FILE_TOKEN}";
}

There are some added properties compared to the classic MediaElement :

• DeinterlaceMode : the deinterlace mode (Bob, Mean, Linear, X, Yadif, Yadif2x, ...) - only works if HardwareAcceleration is set to false.
• HardwareAcceleration : a value indicating whether the hardware acceleration must be used or not.
• Options : a dictionary to add some options to the media (see VLC command-line help). This property must be defined before setting the source.

On VLC.MediaTransportControls :

• AutoHide : indicates whether the media transport controls must be hidden automatically or not.
• AvailableDeinterlaceModes : the deinterlace modes to show in the deinterlace menu.
• Content : you can add some content over the video.
• ControlPanelOpacity : it's more beautiful when the control panel is not opaque :)
• CursorAutoHide : indicates whether the mouse cursor must be hidden automatically or not.
• IsDeinterlaceModeButtonEnabled : indicates whether the user can choose a deinterlace mode.
• IsDeinterlaceModeButtonVisible : indicates whether the deinterlace mode button must be shown or not.

Windows Runtime Component :

Class Library :