MediaPlayerElement

Getting started

The best way to get started is to use the samples https://code.videolan.org/videolan/LibVLCSharp/-/tree/3.x/samples/Forms/LibVLCSharp.Forms.MediaElement

It already has the fonts (that are needed for icons) and necessary setup for custom renderers.

What's available out of the box?

Show/Hide playback controls automatically
Play/Pause button
Seekbar
Volume / Mute
Tracks selection (Audio and Video) and Closed captions selection
Lock Screen button
Aspect ratio button
Zoom button
Cast button
Errors display
Lifecycle management
Buttons content dependency properties
Compact mode
Keep screen on

How to customize the control

See this sample https://code.videolan.org/mfkl/libvlcsharp-samples/-/tree/master/MediaElement/MediaElementCustomization

Platform support

Uno (UWP, Android, iOS),
Xamarin.Forms (Android, iOS, macOS, WPF, GTK)

It is currently NOT available on standalone platforms:

Xamarin.Android,
Xamarin.iOS,
Xamarin.tvOS,
UWP,
WPF,
WinForms,
GTK,
macOS.

Bugs and features

For issues and feature tracking, see the MediaElement tag on our gitlab.