Use
Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.MediaPlayerElementwithWindows.Web.Http.HttpClient.
MediaPlayerElement is a control to play audio and video in Windows Universal/Store apps.
However, when the audio or video is served from an internet server, using HttpClient is a better choice to handle the request because you can provide:
- Authentication credentials.
- Custom headers.
- Etc.
The HttpRandomAccessStream class is a wrapper on top of HttpClient that can stream content from the internet and can be consumed as an IRandomAcessStream or IRandomAccessStreamWithContentType.
MediaPlayerElement mediaPlayerElement = new MediaPlayerElement();
HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
// Add custom headers, credentials, etc.
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Foo", "Bar");
Uri uri = new Uri("http://video.ch9.ms/ch9/70cc/83e17e76-8be8-441b-b469-87cf0e6a70cc/ASPNETwithScottHunter_high.mp4");
HttpRandomAccessStream stream = await HttpRandomAccessStream.CreateAsync(client, uri);
mediaPlayerElement.SetMediaPlayer(new MediaPlayer());
mediaPlayerElement.Source = MediaSource.CreateFromStream(stream, stream.ContentType);
Note: The server must support HTTP Range headers.
Please give it a try and provide feedback.