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POplaying video file using form application in c# with DirectX and not with Windows media player
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copied!<p>i want to play video in c#. i searched related tutorial and i found <a href="http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/topic/111181-adding-video-to-an-application/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this</a>. i followed exactly the same but the video would not appear.</p> <p>here is my code.</p> <pre><code> using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.ComponentModel; using System.Data; using System.Drawing; using System.Linq; using System.Text; using System.Windows.Forms; using Microsoft.DirectX.AudioVideoPlayback; namespace WindowsFormsApplication4 { public partial class Form1 : Form { Video video; public Form1() { InitializeComponent(); } private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { } private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { if (openFileDialog1.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK) { // store the original size of the panel int width = panel1.Width; int height = panel1.Height; // load the selected video file //video = new Video("C:\\Users\\HDAdmin\\Desktop\\Example.avi"); video = new Video(openFileDialog1.FileName); // set the panel as the video object’s owner video.Owner = panel1; // stop the video video.Stop(); // resize the video to the size original size of the panel panel1.Size = new Size(width, height); try { video.Audio.Volume = 100; } catch { } } } private void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { if (video.State != StateFlags.Running) { video.Play(); } } private void button3_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { if (video.State == StateFlags.Running) { video.Pause(); } } private void button4_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { if (video.State != StateFlags.Stopped) { video.Stop(); } } } } </code></pre> <p>i even tried to put a path of the video like this: </p> <pre><code>video = new Video("C:\\Users\\HDAdmin\\Desktop\\Example.avi"); </code></pre> <p>but both of it will show the error like picture below. <img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/aKVdR.png" alt="enter image description here"></p> <p>my question is, how i want to enable to view and play the video by using windows form application in c#?</p> <p>p/s: i want to use Directx only and do not want to play the video in windows media player.</p>

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