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Play rtsp stream in WPF (or WinForms)

Is there a way to play a rtsp:// stream in WPF (or alternatively WinForms)?

I have tried MediaElement and MediaUriElement and none of them worked. I have also read a lot about WMP being able to play rtsp (which should translate to MediaElement too) but in reality WMP doesn't play it on a Windows 7 x64. I have seen this but I am hoping that is not a definite answer.

Has this anything to do with the video codec being used?

VLC plays the rtsp stream just fine.

I am looking for either a WPF or WinForms component or an alternative solution.

Solution

  • I have found VideoLan DotNet for WinForm, WPF & Silverlight 5 which seems to do the trick for now. The downside is that you need to have VLC installed. It is not a standalone thing.

    I hope this helps someone else too.