Media Element

Represents an object that renders audio and video to the display.

Remarks

The MediaElement control is commonly used to display video streams from IP Cameras.

Properties

Property	Type	Description
Stretch	Enum	A value that describes how the video should be stretched to fill the destination rectangle. Possible values are Fill, Uniform, & UniformToFill.
AreTransportControlsEnabled	Boolean	A value that determines whether the standard transport controls are enabled.
AutoPlay	Boolean	A value that indicates whether media will begin playback automatically when the Source property is set.
IsLooping	Boolean	A value that describes whether the media source currently loaded in the media engine should automatically set the position to the media start after reaching its end.
IsMuted	Boolean	A value indicating whether the audio is muted.
Source	Object	The source of the media. Can be either a stream or URL.
Height	Float	The suggested height of the control in dp pixels.
HorizontalAlignment	Enum	The horizontal alignment characteristics that are applied to the control when it is composed in a parent layout panel, such as a Grid.
Margin	Thickness	The outer margin that is applied to the control when it is composed in a parent layout panel, such as a Grid.
Rotation	Integer	The rotation about the Z-axis in degrees.
VerticalAlignment	Enum	The vertical alignment characteristics that are applied to the control when it is composed in a parent layout panel, such as a Grid.
Width	Float	The suggested width of the control in dp pixels.
IsEnabled	Boolean	A value that indicates whether the user can interact with the control.
IsHitTestVisible	Boolean	A value that indicates whether the contained area of the control can return true values for hit testing.
IsVisible	Boolean	A value that indicates whether the control should be visible.
Opacity	Float	A value between 0 and 1.0 that declares the opacity factor, with 1.0 meaning full opacity and 0 meaning transparent.

Events

Event	Description
Loaded	Occurs when the element is laid out, rendered, and ready for interaction.
Unloaded	Occurs when the element is no longer rendered on the screen.